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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL

June 30, 2003Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2003, 11:14 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 30, 2003, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2003, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 30, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2003-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 428 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 2003-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 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.

600 
WFUS54 KMOB 010414
TORMOB
ALC097-010500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1114 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR KNOLLWOOD HOSPITAL...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LANGAN PARK...FOREST HILL BY 1120 PM CDT
  WHISTLER...I65 AND US 45 BY 1125 PM CDT
  EIGHT MILE...I65 AND AL 158 BY 1130 PM CDT
  SARALAND...OAK GROVE BY 1135 PM CDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
OVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A 
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. 

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

LAT...LON 3060 8825 3057 8817 3094 8797 3100 8817

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 9:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile3 hr
Jun 30, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile36 min
Jul 1, 12:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile3 hr
Jul 1, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jul 1, 1:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jul 1, 2:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin27 min
Jul 1, 3:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile6 hr
Jul 1, 3:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia6 hr
Jul 1, 3:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington25 min
Jul 1, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jul 1, 4:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Jul 1, 7:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB100 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.