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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Mobile, AL

June 3, 2004Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2004, 7:16 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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 3, 2004, 7:16 AM CDT (12:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2004, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2004-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1426 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 2004-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

497 
WUUS54 KMOB 031216
SVRMOB
ALC003-031245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
714 AM CDT THU JUN 3 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 708 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR   
  PARK CITY PASSING NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF SPANISH FORT...MOVING     
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STEELWOOD BY 720 AM CDT
  LOXLEY BY 725 AM CDT
  ROSINTON BY 730 AM CDT
  GATESWOOD BY 745 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 3070 8794 3058 8793 3058 8750 3079 8756

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jun 3, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jun 3, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Jun 3, 7:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Jun 3, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB26 min
Jun 3, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB26 min

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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.