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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2003, 6:43 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2003, 6:43 AM CDT (11:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2003, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 191143 SVRMOB ALC003-191230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 643 AM CDT MON MAY 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 730 AM CDT * AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PALMETTO BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GASQUE BY 650 AM CDT MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY...WEEKS BAY BY 655 AM CDT OAK...BON SECOUR BY 705 AM CDT FOLEY...MIFLIN BY 715 AM CDT STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3036 8802 3019 8796 3028 8754 3049 8762
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| May 19, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 19, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 19, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| May 19, 4:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 min |
| May 19, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 19, 5:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 4 hr |
| May 19, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| May 19, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.