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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL

April 6, 2005Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2005, 6:03 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 6, 2005, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2005-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1203 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 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 062303
SVRMOB
ALC039-062345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0113.050406T2303Z-050406T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
603 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 555 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 PLEASANT HOME...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LIBERTYVILLE BY 610 PM CDT
  SANFORD AND BABBIE BY 620 PM CDT
  EODA BY 630 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. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3116 8672 3104 8657 3141 8588 3157 8603

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Apr 6, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile37 min
Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Apr 6, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin47 min
Apr 6, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin28 min
Apr 6, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
Apr 6, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile93 min
Apr 6, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
Apr 6, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia29 min
Apr 6, 5:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Apr 6, 5:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile2 hr
Apr 6, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin45 min
Apr 6, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 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.