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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Mobile, AL

June 2, 2004Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2004, 11:59 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 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 2, 2004, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1184 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
1184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
937 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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.

840 
WUUS54 KMOB 021659
SVRMOB
ALC039-021800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1159 AM CDT WED JUN 2 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1150 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF WING...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FALCO AND WING BY 1205 PM CDT
  PLEASANT HOME BY 1220 PM CDT
  RED OAK BY 1235 PM CDT
  LIBERTYVILLE BY 1245 PM CDT

THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST COVINGTON 
COUNTY BEFORE APPROACHING THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

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 3112 8671 3101 8673 3101 8619 3129 8637
          3136 8669

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB118 min
Jun 2, 8:47 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB118 min
Jun 2, 10:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia3 hr
Jun 2, 10:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Jun 2, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB16 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.