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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2005Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2005, 10:36 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 39 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
Mar 26, 2005, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 11:15 AM CST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 9:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 507 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
507 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 261636
SVRMOB
FLC033-113-261715-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0013.050326T1636Z-050326T1715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1036 AM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1115 AM CST

* AT 1034 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PENSACOLA...OR ABOUT
  OVER PENSACOLA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVALON BEACH AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MULAT BY 1050 AM CST
  BAGDAD BY 1055 AM CST
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILTON AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELFOREST BY
  1100 AM CST

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 3042 8734 3028 8722 3055 8678 3072 8679
      3076 8686

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 261653
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1052 AM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

FLC033-113-261715-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050326T1715Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1052 AM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CST FOR
SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 1051 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
AVALON BEACH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAVARRE...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 45 MPH. REPORTS OF GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH 
THIS STORM AS IT PASED OVER THE PENSACOLA AREA.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AVALON BEACH AND MULAT BY 1045 AM CST
  BAGDAD BY 1050 AM CST
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILTON BY 1055 AM CST
  BELFOREST AND HAROLD BY 1105 AM CST

LAT...LON 3042 8734 3028 8722 3055 8678 3072 8679
      3076 8686

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 11:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa64 min
Mar 26, 11:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa41 min
Mar 26, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa45 min
Mar 26, 4:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa26 min
Mar 26, 4:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa50 min
Mar 26, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa33 min

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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.