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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Mobile, AL

July 16, 2003Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2003, 8:25 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 16, 2003, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clarke County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2737 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2003-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
2737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

709 
WUUS54 KMOB 170125
SVRMOB
ALC025-170200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
825 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WALKER SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALMA BY 830 PM CDT...
  CHOCTAW BLUFF BY 850 PM CDT...
  CARLTON BY 900 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.

CALL 1-800-284-9054 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3159 8771 3162 8791 3133 8788 3130 8782

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington43 min
Jul 16, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw54 min
Jul 16, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jul 16, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh25 min
Jul 16, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB112 min
Jul 16, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB112 min
Jul 17, 12:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBConecuh87 min
Jul 17, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB72 min
Jul 17, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin35 min
Jul 17, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Jul 17, 3:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Jul 17, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin26 min
Jul 17, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin28 min
Jul 17, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile22 min
Jul 17, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min
Jul 17, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Jul 17, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw35 min

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.