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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 2005, 7:16 PM CDT for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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 22, 2005, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
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 22, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 230016 SVRMOB ALC097-129-MSC041-230100- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0147.050423T0016Z-050423T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 716 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EXTREME NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AVERA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEAKESVILLE BY 730 PM CDT ROUNSAVILLE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF PISGAH BY 740 PM CDT DEER PARK BY 750 PM CDT CITRONELLE AND SIDNEY BY 800 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. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LAT...LON 3136 8880 3118 8882 3099 8814 3122 8806 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 230039 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 738 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ALC097-129-MSC041-230100- /O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0147.000000T0000Z-050423T0100Z/ WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS-MOBILE AL- 738 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN MOBILE...CENTRAL GREENE AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 735 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JONATHAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROUNSAVILLE BY 740 PM CDT VINEGAR BEND BY 750 PM CDT DEER PARK BY 755 PM CDT LAT...LON 3136 8880 3118 8882 3099 8814 3122 8806 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 22, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 3:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...SHAPING UP TO BE A BUSY
EVENING WEATHERWISE. STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON PROGGED TO CONTINUE STEADY NW-SE
MOVEMENT ACROSS FCST AREA TONIGHT. OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...SPC
CONTINUES WITH A MODERATE RISK OF SVR THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE
ALREADY OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF FCST AREA AT THIS TIME. EXPECT
ACTIVITY TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER OUR AREA THROUGH THE NEXT
COUPLE OF HOURS...IN FACT WE ARE JUST NOW SEEING SOME INITIATION OF
CORES ALOFT OVER INTERIOR SECTIONS OF OUR AREA AS OF THIS TYPING.
SPECIAL AREA UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS TAKEN EARLIER TODAY INDICATE
PRIMARILY UNIDIRECTIONAL SHEAR OVER THE REGION...SO WHILE AN
ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...PRIMARY THREAT STILL LOOKS TO BE
DAMAGING WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...WET BULB ZERO TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA
ARE IN THE 9-10 KFT RANGE...SO LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE LIKELY WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE FRONT TO BEGIN MOVING
INTO NORTHWESTERN ZONES BY AROUND 800 PM THIS EVENING...MOVING
ACROSS THE FCST AREA THROUGH ABOUT 200 AM SATURDAY...THEN CLEARING
THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PREDAWN HOURS SATURDAY...WITH
PCPN ENDING FROM NW-SE WITH FROPA. BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT...COOLER
TEMPS FILTER SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH MOS
GUIDANCE SHOWING LOWS IN THE MID-UPPER 30S INLAND TO MID-UPPER 40S
CLOSER TO THE COAST. DID NOT GO QUITE AS LOW WITH THESE MIN
TEMPS...STILL ABOVE GUIDANCE BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN SURROUNDING
ZONES. HIGHS ON SUNDAY LOOK TO BE AT LEAST 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN
NORMAL...WITH MANY AREAS NOT REACHING THE 70 DEGREE MARK.
/12
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...MADE NO CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS
PACKAGE...AS NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES NOTED IN THIS MORNINGS GFS RUN.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT EAST ON MONDAY...WITH INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A DEEPENING LOW OVER
TEXAS. THE GFS KICKS THIS SYSTEM EASTWARD MONDAY NIGHT THRU EARLY
TUESDAY AND NOW DRAGS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA LATE TUESDAY.
THE GFS HAS WAFFLED BACK AND FORTH ON BRINGING THIS FRONT THRU...SO
WILL NOT JUMP TOO HIGH WITH POPS JUST YET. HOWEVER...DID INCREASE
POPS TO 40 PERCENT FOR TUESDAY...WHICH IS STILL SLIGHTLY BELOW
GUIDANCE. THE FRONT PUSHES EAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH HIGH
PRESSURE DOMINATING THRU THURSDAY.
/12
&&
.MARINE...AS THE FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO TIGHTEN THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH SMALL
CRAFT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED AT TIMES TONIGHT AS A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE MARINE AREA.
STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL REQUIRE THE NEED
TO HANG ON TO SCA AT LEAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY...WITH
A MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW LIKELY CONTINUING AT SCEC LEVELS INTO
SUNDAY...BUT DECREASING THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.
/12
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OVER THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...AS MUCH
DRIER AIRMASS FILTERING INTO REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. WILL
LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR BOTH DAYS...ESPECIALLY
ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AS VERY LOW DEWPOINTS ADVECT SOUTHWARD.
/12
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 58 74 43 69 / 60 10 0 0
PENSACOLA 60 74 46 67 / 60 20 0 0
DESTIN 60 72 49 67 / 60 20 0 0
EVERGREEN 57 68 38 60 / 60 10 0 0
WAYNESBORO 54 70 40 64 / 60 10 0 0
CAMDEN 56 68 40 60 / 60 10 0 0
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ630-650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TONIGHT GMZ655-675.
FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FLZ001>006-008.
MS...NONE.
&&
12/SHEPHERDHazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ALZ051>060-MSZ067-075-076-230400- BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH-COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-GREENE- MONROE-PERRY-WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 130 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH LATER TODAY AND PASS THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...THE FORECAST TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT AND WIND PROFILES WITH HEIGHT SUGGEST THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WITH LATE NIGHT FRONTAL PASSAGE...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHIFTS SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF THE AREA BY AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA WILL BE A FRONT THAT MOVES EASTWARD OUT OF EAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY AND TONIGHT. ALZ061>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ078-079-230400- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND- GEORGE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-OKALOOSA COASTAL-OKALOOSA INLAND- SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- 130 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE DEEP SOUTH LATER TODAY AND PASS THROUGH THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN A MOIST AND INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE...THE FORECAST TEMPERATURE...DEWPOINT AND WIND PROFILES WITH HEIGHT SUGGEST THE MAIN THREAT FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. WITH LATE NIGHT FRONTAL PASSAGE...THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHIFTS SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF THE AREA BY AROUND SUNRISE SATURDAY MORNING. DUE TO A MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW AND A FORECAST OUTGOING TIDE TODAY... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST FOR AREA BEACHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS FORECAST SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA WILL BE A FRONT THAT MOVES EASTWARD OUT OF EAST TEXAS LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM LOOKS TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THEN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 6:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 603 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 MSZ067-222345- WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAYNESBORO... 603 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO WAYNE COUNTY... AT 603 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF EUCUTTA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... EUCUTTA...STRENGTHFORD...WHISTLER...WOODWARDS AND BOICE THROUGH 645 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 6:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 607 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 MSZ075-076-222345- PERRY-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEAKESVILLE AND NEW AUGUSTA... 607 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING INTO PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES... AT 603 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES WEST OF TALLAHALA...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... TALLAHALA...RUNNELSTOWN...MAHNED...RHODES AND NEW AUGUSTA THROUGH 645 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Apr 22, 6:30 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
630 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0621 PM HAIL HIGHLAND HOME 31.95N 86.31W
04/22/2005 1.75 INCH CRENSHAW AL EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
DDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 7:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Apr 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Apr 22, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia | 32 min |
| Apr 22, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Apr 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Apr 22, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.