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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2003, 7:39 AM CST for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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
- Feb 21, 2003, 7:39 AM CST (13:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2003, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 504 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
638 WUUS54 KMOB 211339 SVRMOB ALC097-129-211430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 738 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 830 AM CST * AT 738 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 2 MILES WEST OF FRUITDALE TO 3 MILES WEST OF WILMER...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... VINEGAR BEND...DEER PARK BY 745 AM CST TIBBIE...EARLVILLE BY 750 AM CST SEABOARD...WILMER BY 755 AM CST HAWTHORN...TANNER WILLIAMS BY 800 AM CST STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. LAT...LON 3144 8845 3066 8842 3065 8807 3143 8793
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Feb 21, 9:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Feb 21, 9:58 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Feb 21, 12:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Feb 21, 12:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Feb 21, 1:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Feb 21, 1:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Feb 21, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 3:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 21, 3:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 21, 5:26 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Feb 21, 5:53 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 52 min |
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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.