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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL

March 14, 2003Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2003, 4:16 PM CST for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 14, 2003, 4:16 PM CST (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2003, 5:00 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 14, 4:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 2003-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2003-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 142217
SVRMOB
FLC033-113-142300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
415 PM CST FRI MAR 14 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 500 PM CST

* AT 415 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARTH...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BRATT BY 420 PM CST
  MCDAVID BY 430 PM CST
  CHUMUCKLA BY 435 PM CST
  CENTURY BY 450 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 3100 8749 3080 8756 3066 8739 3100 8682
          3100 8693

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 14, 3:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington31 min
Mar 14, 4:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington25 min
Mar 14, 5:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia60 min
Mar 14, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw37 min
Mar 14, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.