Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2005, 1:16 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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 26, 2005, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2005, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 261816
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-129-261845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0163.050426T1816Z-050426T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
116 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 145 PM CDT
* AT 114 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AQUILLA...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF
WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CULLOMBURG AND SOUWILPA BY 125 PM CDT
SERVICE AND BLADON SPRINGS BY 130 PM CDT
COFFEEVILLE AND WEST BEND BY 135 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 3168 8788 3168 8838 3169 8839 3169 8845
3185 8847 3189 8838 3192 8825 3194 8821
3200 8802
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 261838
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
137 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005
ALC023-025-129-261845-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-050426T1845Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-CHOCTAW AL-
137 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN CHOCTAW...NORTHWESTERN CLARKE AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLADON SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH
OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST NEAR 60 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CULLOMBURG...SILAS...BOLINGER AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF SOUWILPA BY 125
PM CDT
BLADON SPRINGS AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF BARRYTOWN BY 130 PM CDT
SERVICE...COFFEEVILLE...WEST BEND AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF WOMACK HILL
BY 135 PM CDT
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE PENNIES HAS BEEN REPORTED WHEN THE STORM MOVED
OVER WAYNE COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE COVER UNTIL THE THREAT HAS PASSED.
LAT...LON 3168 8788 3168 8838 3169 8839 3169 8845
3185 8847 3189 8838 3192 8825 3194 8821
3200 8802
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 261845
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
146 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005
ALC023-025-129-261856-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0163.000000T0000Z-050426T1845Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-CHOCTAW AL-
146 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHOCTAW...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 145 PM CDT...
LAT...LON 3168 8788 3168 8838 3169 8839 3169 8845
3185 8847 3189 8838 3192 8825 3194 8821
3200 8802
$$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 26, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 10:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1015 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2005
.SHORT TERM...SEVERE TSTM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SEMS ZONES THROUGH
4 PM. WATCHING THE WARM SECTOR SPREAD SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE CWA ATTM. WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM ROUGHLY A KPIB TO JUST SOUTH
OF KPNS LINE CURRENTLY. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS A SLOT OF DECREASED
CLOUDCOVER FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MS TO THE MOBILE BAY AREA TO KGZH
TO KMGM...BUT THAT AREA HAS BEEN FILLING IN WITH LOW CLOUDCOVER PAST
HALF HOUR LIMITING INSOLATION RATES. CURRENTLY...LAPSE DATA BASED
ON 14Z OBSERVATIONS SHOWS AN EXPANDING AREA OF 1200-2000 J/KG CAPES
WORKING IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST (SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT)...WITH THE
AREA OF 250-330 M2/S2 HELICITY VALUES TO THE EAST ALONG AND
EAST/NORTHEAST OF THE WARM FRONT.
AIRMASS DESTABILIZATION IN THE COOL SECTORED AREA NORTH OF THE WARM
FRONT HAS BEEN SLOWER...BUT AS THE WARM SECTOR TRENDS NORTHEAST AND
TEMP/DEWPOINTS RISE...WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEE AN INCREASED
INSTABILITY SUPPORTING STRONGER UPDRAFTS AND AN INCREASED POTENTIAL
OF SEVERE STORMS (DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL) IN THE EXPANDING
WARM SECTOR AFFECTING PORTIONS OF OUR SRN AL ZONES...POSSIBLY ALSO
INCLUDING SOME OF OUR NWFL ZONES. WE ARE NOT TOTALLY SOLD ON
WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT OVER OUR
NORTHEASTERN ZONES WHERE THE WINDS ARE BACKED ATTM AND THE
INSTABILITY IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. WE ARE EXPECTING WE MAY HAVE TO
GET THE WARM SECTOR A LITTLE FURTHER INLAND LATER TODAY...BUT BY
THEN THE WINDS SHOULD VEER SOUTHWESTERLY SOUTH OF THE WARM
FRONT...DIMINISHING THE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR VALUES...ALTHOUGH THAT
MIDLEVEL DRYSLOT OVER THE INTERIOR COULD STEEPEN LAPSE RATES AND THE
DAMAGING WIND THREAT (REFERENCE THE 12Z KJAN SOUNDING).
STAY TUNED.
/05
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ655-675
FIRE WEATHER WATCH WEDNESDAY FLZ001>006-008.
MS...NONE.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 5:27 AM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 527 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-261700- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 527 AM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING... INCLUDING THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED IN SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. IN THE WAKE OF THIS AREA OF WEATHER...A BRIEF BREAK IS ANTICIPATED. AS A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA...THE ATMOSPHERE IS FORECAST TO DESTABILIZE TODAY...WHILE A COLD FRONT CONTINUES EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN STATES. AS THIS OCCURS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. IT APPEARS THAT THE MAIN THREAT IN ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES DURING THE DAY. FRONTAL PASSAGE IS FORECAST TONIGHT...BRINGING AN END TO THE WET WEATHER. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST ALONG AREA BEACHES...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND OUTGOING TIDES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS FORECAST ALONG AREA BEACHES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS LIGHT TO MODERATE SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS AND COMBINES WITH AN OUTGOING TIDE. COULD BE SOME PATCHY FOG FORMING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS. THE NEXT IN A SERIES OF FRONTS IMPACTS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND RESULTING IN AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN RETURNING TO THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REMAIN ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:27 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1227 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ALZ053>057-059-060-062-261830- UPPER BALDWIN-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-CONECUH-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREWTON...EVERGREEN AND MONROEVILLE... 1227 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR VREDENBURGH ION THE MONROE...WILCOX COUNTY LINE...TO NEAR CHRYSLER IN SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BUENA VISTA...CHESTNUT...NADAWAH...NATCHEZ...TURKESTAN... MCWILLIAMS...MONROEVILLE AND WEST MONROEVILLE THROUGH 130 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:27 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1227 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ALZ053>057-059-060-062-261830- UPPER BALDWIN-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-CONECUH-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREWTON...EVERGREEN AND MONROEVILLE... 1227 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR VREDENBURGH ION THE MONROE...WILCOX COUNTY LINE...TO NEAR CHRYSLER IN SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BUENA VISTA...CHESTNUT...NADAWAH...NATCHEZ...TURKESTAN... MCWILLIAMS...MONROEVILLE AND WEST MONROEVILLE THROUGH 130 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:27 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1227 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ALZ053>057-059-060-062-261830- UPPER BALDWIN-ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-CONECUH-MONROE-BUTLER-CLARKE-WILCOX- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREWTON...EVERGREEN AND MONROEVILLE... 1227 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2005 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR VREDENBURGH ON THE MONROE...WILCOX COUNTY LINE...TO NEAR CHRYSLER IN SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BUENA VISTA...CHESTNUT...NADAWAH...NATCHEZ...TURKESTAN... MCWILLIAMS...MONROEVILLE AND WEST MONROEVILLE THROUGH 130 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Apr 26, 4:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Apr 26, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Apr 26, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.