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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Mobile, AL

June 27, 2004Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2004, 2:04 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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 27, 2004, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2004, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1009 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1009 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

183 
WUUS54 KMOB 271904
SVRMOB
ALC053-271930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
203 PM CDT SUN JUN 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 152 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THR STORMS WWERE LOCATED
  ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREWTON...AND WERE MOVING MAINLY EAST  
  AT 35 MPH.

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 3120 8680 3120 8674 3109 8672 3110 8694
          3111 8695 3111 8708 3127 8706 3127 8676

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Jun 27, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe40 min
Jun 27, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh54 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.