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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Mobile, AL

July 1, 2003Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2003, 3:50 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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: Jul 1, 2003, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 2003, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 1, 1:25 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

521 
WFUS54 KMOB 010850
TORMOB
ALC039-010915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 AM CDT TUE JUL 1 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 345 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EODA BY 355 AM CDT
  ROSE HILL BY 400 AM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  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 3134 8657 3121 8642 3142 8621 3150 8631

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jun 30, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jun 30, 9:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	3 hr
Jun 30, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jun 30, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jun 30, 10:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Jun 30, 11:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	46 min
Jul 1, 12:00 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	3 hr
Jul 1, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jul 1, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jul 1, 2:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
Jul 1, 3:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	6 hr
Jul 1, 3:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	6 hr
Jul 1, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jul 1, 4:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Jul 1, 7:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		100 min

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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.