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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Mobile, AL

July 16, 2004Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2004, 2:54 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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 16, 2004, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2004, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Conecuh County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1409 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
1409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 161954
SVRMOB
ALC035-162045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
253 PM CDT FRI JUL 16 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 252 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 
  MILES NORTH OF MONROEVILLE TO MONROEVILLE TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF     
  MONROEVILLE...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  REPTON AND BERMUDA BY 300 PM CDT
  RANGE AND NICHBURG BY 305 PM CDT
  LENOX AND BELLEVILLE BY 310 PM CDT
  I65 AND CR 6 AND FAIRNELSON BY 315 PM CDT

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3157 8689 3153 8684 3153 8670 3145 8670
      3144 8667 3138 8667 3129 8671 3131 8737
      3136 8734 3147 8718 3165 8712 3176 8693

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington38 min
Jul 15, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington34 min
Jul 15, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMonroe53 min
Jul 15, 7:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw31 min
Jul 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington45 min
Jul 15, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox30 min
Jul 15, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB79 min
Jul 15, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB110 min
Jul 15, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jul 16, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB37 min
Jul 16, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB40 min
Jul 16, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB40 min
Jul 16, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jul 16, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jul 16, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington26 min
Jul 16, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.