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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 194, NWS Mobile, AL

June 11, 2003Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2003, 1:48 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 57 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 11, 2003, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1528 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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.

533 
WUUS54 KMOB 111848
SVRMOB
ALC041-111945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
147 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 147 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOZIER...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRANTLEY BY 200 PM CDT
  LUVERNE...RUTLEDGE BY 215 PM CDT
  GLENWOOD BY 220 PM CDT
  PATSBURG...LIVE OAK BY 230 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 3183 8622 3175 8614 3162 8614 3151 8627
          3147 8639 3154 8641 3154 8649 3159 8649

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.