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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL

March 14, 2003Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 14, 2003, 5:27 PM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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, 5:27 PM CST (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2003, 6:00 PM CST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Choctaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2003-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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.

753 
WUUS54 KMOB 142327
SVRMOB
ALC023-150000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
528 PM CST FRI MAR 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 PM CST

* AT 528 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ROCK SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RIDERWOOD...PUSHMATAHA BY 535 PM CST
  LISMAN...BUTLER BY 540 PM CST
  CROMWELL BY 550 PM CST
  JACHIN BY 555 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 3212 8852 3197 8840 3217 8800 3236 8816

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, 4:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia44 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

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.