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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 260, NWS Mobile, AL

August 27, 2003Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2003, 5:07 PM CDT for Monroe 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
Aug 27, 2003, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 2003-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 713 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 2003-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
713 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 272207
SVRMOB
ALC099-272230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
507 PM CDT WED AUG 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RIVER RIDGE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRANKLIN BY 510 PM CDT
  HYBART BY 515 PM CDT
  TINELA BY 520 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 1-800-284-9059 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3161 8736 3175 8724 3186 8748 3171 8754

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh30 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.