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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL

May 26, 2003Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2003, 5:13 PM CDT for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
May 26, 2003, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2003, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 2003-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2003-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 
WFUS54 KMOB 262213
TORMOB
ALC039-053-262245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
513 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF US 29 AND CR 43...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  US 29 AND CR 43 BY 520 PM CDT
  DIXIE BY 530 PM CDT
  PLEASANT HOME BY 545 PM 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 3115 8695 3100 8682 3108 8652 3126 8663

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox22 min
May 26, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile37 min
May 26, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin29 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.