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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL

July 15, 2004Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2004, 7:29 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
Jul 15, 2004, 7:29 PM CDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crenshaw County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 15, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 2004-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 894 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2004-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
894 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 160029
SVRMOB
ALC041-160100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
729 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND   
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST   
  NORTH OF DOZIER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUVERNE...AND     
  MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH.

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 3161 8641 3156 8652 3153 8641 3146 8640
      3154 8630 3154 8628 3147 8628 3145 8626
      3145 8620 3154 8619

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington38 min
Jul 15, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington34 min
Jul 15, 7:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMonroe53 min
Jul 15, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington45 min
Jul 15, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox30 min
Jul 15, 9:56 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB79 min
Jul 15, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB110 min
Jul 15, 11:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jul 16, 2:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB37 min
Jul 16, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB40 min
Jul 16, 2:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB40 min
Jul 16, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jul 16, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jul 16, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington26 min
Jul 16, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox64 min
Jul 16, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh51 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.