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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL

June 18, 2004Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2004, 6:50 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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 18, 2004, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 6 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2004-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1606 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
1606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 182350
SVRMOB
ALC097-190015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
650 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 647 PM 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 BIG CREEK LAKE DAM...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SNOW AND TANNER WILLIAMS ROADS BY 700 PM CDT
  SEVEN HILLS AND MAGNOLIA GROVE GOLF COURSE BY 705 PM CDT
  MOBILE AIRPORT AND HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BY 715 PM 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 3084 8833 3072 8848 3048 8825 3064 8806

$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.