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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Mobile, AL

April 30, 2005Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 2005, 6:30 AM CDT for Butler County, Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 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 30, 2005, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2005, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 30, 5:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 00:00Z on 2005-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1501 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 301132
SVRMOB
ALC013-035-301230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0182.050430T1130Z-050430T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
630 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 628 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS       
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN   
  TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF               
  MONROEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SAUCER AND RANGE BY 635 AM CDT
  LYEFFION AND LENOX BY 640 AM CDT
  STARLINGTON AND OWASSA BY 645 AM CDT
  WILCOX AND WALD BY 650 AM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF A 
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A 
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 3197 8691 3178 8693 3163 8711 3148 8718
      3128 8741 3129 8688 3153 8668 3186 8645
      3198 8647

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 4:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw33 min
Apr 30, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw45 min
Apr 30, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw15 min
Apr 30, 5:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington43 min
Apr 30, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke60 min
Apr 30, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington43 min
Apr 30, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile48 min
Apr 30, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox57 min
Apr 30, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile49 min
Apr 30, 7:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw59 min
Apr 30, 7:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw49 min
Apr 30, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington56 min
Apr 30, 7:24 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 30, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile42 min
Apr 30, 7:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB23 min
Apr 30, 7:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia47 min
Apr 30, 8:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile91 min
Apr 30, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington31 min
Apr 30, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Apr 30, 9:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB115 min
Apr 30, 9:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Apr 30, 9:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile56 min
Apr 30, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile115 min
Apr 30, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB64 min
Apr 30, 11:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Apr 30, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB34 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.