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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

March 9, 2003Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 9, 2003, 6:28 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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: Mar 9, 2003, 6:28 AM CST (12:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2003, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 170 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -218 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

490 
WUUS54 KMOB 091228
SVRMOB
ALC003-091300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
627 AM CST SUN MAR 9 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  
* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 627 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HURRICANE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STAPLETON BY 630 AM CST
  GATESWOOD BY 640 AM CST

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL 911 EMERGENCY CENTER OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3092 8791 3075 8792 3066 8751 3082 8747

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 12:20 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		55 min
Mar 9, 1:27 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Mar 9, 5:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	46 min
Mar 9, 7:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	37 min
Mar 9, 7:14 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Mar 9, 8:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	34 min
Mar 9, 8:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	62 min
Mar 9, 8:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh	27 min
Mar 9, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	28 min
Mar 9, 9:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	44 min
Mar 9, 10:01 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	29 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.