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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Mobile, AL

June 19, 2003Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2003, 3:10 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 19, 2003, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2003, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2003-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1457 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 2003-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

516 
WUUS54 KMOB 192010
SVRMOB
ALC035-099-192100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
310 PM CDT THU JUN 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF TUNNEL SPRINGS...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PETERMAN BY 315 PM CDT
  TURNBULL BY 320 PM CDT
  PINE ORCHARD BY 325 PM CDT
  BURNT CORN BY 330 PM CDT

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 3179 8726 3164 8737 3144 8704 3163 8691

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 9:03 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 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.