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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL

March 12, 2003Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2003, 4:44 PM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 46 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, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 12, 2003, 5:30 PM CST
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 250 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.

808 
WUUS54 KMOB 122244
SVRMOB
FLC033-113-122330-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 443 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF PENSACOLA NEAR GOULDING...MOVING  
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODLAWN BEACH BY 505 PM CST
  HOLLEY BY 520 PM CST
  NAVARRE...NAVARRE BEACH BY 525 PM CST

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.

LAT...LON 3048 8727 3038 8727 3036 8686 3056 8684

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, 4:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia26 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.