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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Mobile, AL

June 1, 2004Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2004, 11:16 AM CDT for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Mississippi. 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
Jun 1, 2004, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2004, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2433 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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

087 
WUUS54 KMOB 011616
SVRMOB
ALC097-129-MSC041-011700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1116 AM CDT TUE JUN 1 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1105 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS 
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEAKESVILLE WAS MOVING
  EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DEER PARK BY 1125 AM CDT
  CITRONELLE BY 1130 AM CDT
  MALCOLM AND FAIRFORD BY 1145 AM CDT

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 3119 8856 3101 8870 3099 8798 3136 8799
          3127 8842

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin25 min
Jun 1, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB37 min
Jun 1, 10:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile6 hr
Jun 1, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile35 min
Jun 1, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin33 min
Jun 1, 12:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Jun 1, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia52 min
Jun 1, 1:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB32 min
Jun 1, 2:28 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB32 min
Jun 1, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB36 min
Jun 1, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2004Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.