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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2005Escambia County, Florida; 5 counties in Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2005, 6:19 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida; 5 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 26 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, 6:19 PM CST (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 6:45 PM CST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2005-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2600 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 270019
SVRMOB
ALC003-025-035-053-099-FLC033-270045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0040.050327T0019Z-050327T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 614 PM CST...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 ELISKA TO PHILLIPSVILLE...OR
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES SOUTH OF GROVE HILL TO 7 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WALNUT HILL AND URIAH BY 625 PM CST
  CLAIBORNE AND OAK GROVE BY 630 PM CST
  FOUNTAIN AND WAWBEEK BY 635 PM CST
  KEITH AND WEST MONROEVILLE BY 640 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3146 8771 3073 8768 3114 8709 3187 8711

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 270033
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
633 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

ALC003-270043-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050327T0045Z/
BALDWIN AL-
633 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BALDWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH STARTED OVER NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY HAVE MOVED 
EAST OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3115 8709 3082 8757 3086 8762 3094 8759
      3124 8760 3130 8769 3147 8769 3182 8718
      3184 8710

$$

ALC025-035-053-099-FLC033-270045-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-050327T0045Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
633 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA...SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE...MONROE...WESTERN
CONECUH AND WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 632 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE 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 MANISTEE TO BRATT...OR ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE TO 20 MILES
EAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HOMEWOOD...WALNUT HILL...POARCH AND NOKOMIS BY 625 PM CST
  MANISTEE...OAK GROVE...BRATT AND URIAH BY 630 PM CST
  PERDUE HILL AND WAWBEEK BY 635 PM CST

LAT...LON 3115 8709 3082 8757 3086 8762 3094 8759
      3124 8760 3130 8769 3147 8769 3182 8718
      3184 8710

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa26 min
Mar 27, 4:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa39 min
Mar 27, 5:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa26 min
Mar 27, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa32 min
Mar 26, 6:07 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
Mar 26, 6:10 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB20 min
Mar 26, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington27 min
Mar 26, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Monroe33 min
Mar 26, 6:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia31 min
Mar 26, 6:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke24 min
Mar 26, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Monroe28 min
Mar 26, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox52 min
Mar 26, 7:49 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Mar 26, 7:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox35 min
Mar 26, 8:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile26 min
Mar 26, 8:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin34 min
Mar 26, 8:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox33 min
Mar 26, 8:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin45 min
Mar 26, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia35 min
Mar 26, 9:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe25 min
Mar 26, 10:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler29 min
Mar 26, 10:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw34 min
Mar 27, 1:51 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB24 min
Mar 27, 2:13 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin32 min
Mar 27, 3:23 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB37 min
Mar 27, 3:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia44 min
Mar 27, 3:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB67 min
Mar 27, 4:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington31 min
Mar 27, 5:43 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB62 min
Mar 27, 10:14 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB31 min
Mar 27, 10:40 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB35 min
Mar 27, 12:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington29 min
Mar 27, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Wilcox31 min
Mar 27, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Monroe, Wilcox36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2005Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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.