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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL

November 27, 2003Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2003, 7:49 PM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 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: Nov 27, 2003, 7:49 PM CST (01:49 UTC)
Expired: Nov 27, 2003, 8:30 PM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 95 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 280149
TORMOB
ALC039-280230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
749 PM CST THU NOV 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CST

* AT 746 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  WATKINS BRIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WATKINS BRIDGE BY 755 PM CST
  STEDMAN BY 805 PM CST
  GREEN BAY BY 820 PM CST
  ONYCHA BY 825 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3100 8647 3099 8642 3108 8620 3131 8620
          3127 8644

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 27, 6:50 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB	115 min
Nov 27, 6:50 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB	115 min
Nov 27, 10:03 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB	42 min
Nov 28, 3:11 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB	2 hr
Nov 28, 3:11 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB	2 hr
Nov 28, 3:11 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB	2 hr

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.