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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL

March 12, 2003Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2003, 4:19 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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 12, 2003, 4:19 PM CST (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2003, 4:45 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-03-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 251 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-03-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
251 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 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.

345 
WUUS54 KMOB 122219
SVRMOB
FLC033-122245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
415 PM CST WED MAR 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 445 PM CST

* AT 415 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF BELLVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BELLVIEW...MYRTLE GROVE BY 430 PM CST
  WARRINGTON BY 435 PM CST
  GOULDING...ENSLEY BY 440 PM CST
  BRENT...FERRY PASS BY 445 PM CST

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM WILL BE LARGE HAIL.  QUARTER SIZE 
HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM ABOUT TEN MINUTES AGO IN BALDWIN 
COUNTY. IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY 
SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3057 8743 3034 8740 3040 8709 3062 8728

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 3:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia31 min
Mar 12, 3:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia27 min
Mar 12, 4:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa46 min
Mar 12, 5:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa41 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.