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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

March 13, 2003Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2003, 3:10 PM CST for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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 13, 2003, 3:10 PM CST (21:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2003, 4:00 PM CST
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 13, 10:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Mar 13, 3:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 12:00Z on 2003-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 428 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2003-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 132110
SVRMOB
ALC013-041-132200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
309 PM CST THU MAR 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 309 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF HONORAVILLE  THE STORM WAS     
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH 
THIS STORM.  PERSONS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN BUTLER AND NORTHERN 
CRENSHAW COUNTIES SHOULD MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM 
HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3181 8653 3179 8620 3202 8634 3192 8657

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 6:28 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 12, 6:28 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 12, 8:21 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Mar 13, 1:03 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
Mar 13, 1:30 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile30 min
Mar 13, 2:06 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin39 min
Mar 13, 2:10 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Mar 13, 2:10 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Mar 13, 2:35 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Mar 13, 9:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe23 min
Mar 13, 9:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe19 min
Mar 13, 1:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke28 min
Mar 13, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke34 min
Mar 13, 2:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe31 min
Mar 13, 3:05 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington25 min
Mar 13, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe29 min
Mar 13, 3:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington33 min
Mar 13, 3:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe30 min
Mar 13, 3:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh45 min
Mar 13, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile44 min
Mar 13, 4:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw45 min
Mar 13, 4:03 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB117 min
Mar 13, 4:03 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB117 min
Mar 13, 4:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington40 min
Mar 13, 4:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin54 min
Mar 13, 4:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh34 min
Mar 13, 4:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile31 min
Mar 13, 4:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia22 min
Mar 13, 4:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington47 min
Mar 13, 5:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin64 min
Mar 13, 5:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia32 min
Mar 13, 5:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin42 min
Mar 13, 5:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington46 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.