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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Mobile, AL

June 3, 2003Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2003, 3:52 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
Jun 3, 2003, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2003, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 563 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
563 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

895 
WUUS54 KMOB 032052
SVRMOB
ALC129-032115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
352 PM CDT TUE JUN 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF DEER PARK...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOPTON BY 355 PM CDT
  FAIRFORD BY 405 PM CDT
  MALCOLM...MCINTOSH BY 410 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3125 8841 3114 8842 3117 8795 3130 8801

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jun 3, 1:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jun 3, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile50 min
Jun 3, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.