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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Apr 6, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 37 min |
| Apr 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Apr 6, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Apr 6, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Apr 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Apr 6, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 93 min |
| Apr 6, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Apr 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 29 min |
| Apr 6, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 6, 5:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 2 hr |
| Apr 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Apr 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 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.