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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2005Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2005, 6:33 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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, 6:33 PM CST (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 7:00 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1250 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
13.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 270033
SVRMOB
ALC025-129-270100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0041.050327T0033Z-050327T0100Z/

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 627 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TOPTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOINETTE AND SUNFLOWER BY 640 PM CST
  CORTELYOU BY 645 PM CST
  PRESTWICK AND CARSON BY 650 PM CST
  JACKSON BY 655 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.

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 3129 8825 3114 8807 3145 8765 3166 8790

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 6:07 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
Mar 26, 6:10 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB20 min
Mar 26, 6:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe26 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.