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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

April 25, 2003Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2003, 1:59 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 25, 2003, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2003, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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.

221 
WFUS54 KMOB 250659
TORMOB
ALC131-250730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
159 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT

* AT 155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR REHOBOTH...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ACKERVILLE BY 215 AM CDT
  SNOW HILL...MCBRYDES BY 220 AM CDT
  FURMAN BY 225 AM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...ABANDON VEHICLES AND TRAILER
HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3227 8742 3210 8745 3193 8697 3211 8680

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw36 min
Apr 25, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox24 min
Apr 25, 2:21 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB24 min
Apr 25, 5:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB110 min
Apr 25, 5:10 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB110 min
Apr 25, 6:25 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington35 min
Apr 25, 6:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 25, 6:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 25, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw54 min
Apr 25, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington47 min
Apr 25, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox63 min
Apr 25, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington35 min
Apr 25, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.