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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

June 12, 2003Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2003, 7:02 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 13 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
Jun 12, 2003, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2003, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
13 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2157 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 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
2157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
716 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-45 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.

936 
WFUS54 KMOB 130002
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-130015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 657 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE NEAR CASWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PERDIDO BEACH BY 710 PM CDT
  PERDIDO KEY BY 715 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE 
HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY 
OR CLOSET.

CALL 1-800-284-9054 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3030 8758 3027 8756 3030 8743 3037 8751

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke28 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.