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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 26, 2004Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 2004, 5:16 AM CST for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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
Jan 26, 2004, 5:16 AM CST (11:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 26, 2004, 6:00 AM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 26, 4:15 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2004-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2004-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 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.

054 
WUUS54 KMOB 261116
SVRMOB
ALC053-261200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 515 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OSAKA...OR ABOUT
  13 MILES WEST OF BREWTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3121 8704 3117 8698 3100 8719 3101 8739
          3105 8744 3127 8720

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 26, 4:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia27 min
Jan 26, 5:12 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB78 min
Jan 26, 5:12 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB78 min
Jan 26, 5:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin39 min
Jan 26, 5:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington48 min
Jan 26, 6:11 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin49 min
Jan 26, 6:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Jan 26, 6:45 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Jan 26, 9:15 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 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.