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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2005Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2005, 7:20 PM CST for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2005, 7:48 PM CST
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 26, 1:45 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 270121
SVRMOB
ALC003-053-099-270145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0045.050327T0120Z-050327T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
720 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
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 745 PM CST

* AT 719 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
  TENSAW...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACKSHER BY 725 PM CST
  REDTOWN AND LOTTIE BY 730 PM CST
  BOONEVILLE BY 735 PM CST
  POARCH BY 740 PM CST

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 3114 8791 3106 8787 3102 8771 3101 8746
      3138 8752

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 270139
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-270149-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050327T0145Z/
BALDWIN AL-
739 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3136 8751 3127 8751 3126 8749 3102 8746
      3103 8748 3103 8760 3124 8760 3127 8766
      3130 8766 3138 8752

$$

ALC053-099-270145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050327T0145Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-
739 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 735 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BOONEVILLE...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAY
MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOONEVILLE...MINEOLA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF POARCH BY 735 PM CST
  JEDDO AND MCCULLOUGH BY 740 PM CST
  URIAH BY 745 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3136 8751 3127 8751 3126 8749 3102 8746
      3103 8748 3103 8760 3124 8760 3127 8766
      3130 8766 3138 8752

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 270148
SVSMOB

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

ALC053-099-270158-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-050327T0145Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-
748 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND 
NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM 
CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3136 8751 3127 8751 3126 8749 3102 8746
      3103 8748 3103 8760 3124 8760 3127 8766
      3130 8766 3138 8752

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 6:07 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		113 min
Mar 26, 6:10 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		20 min
Mar 26, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	26 min
Mar 26, 6:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	27 min
Mar 26, 6:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Monroe	33 min
Mar 26, 6:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	31 min
Mar 26, 6:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	24 min
Mar 26, 7:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	52 min
Mar 26, 7:49 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Mar 26, 7:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	35 min
Mar 26, 8:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	26 min
Mar 26, 8:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	34 min
Mar 26, 8:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	33 min
Mar 26, 8:30 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	45 min
Mar 26, 9:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	35 min
Mar 26, 9:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	25 min
Mar 26, 10:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler	29 min
Mar 26, 10:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	34 min
Mar 27, 1:51 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		24 min
Mar 27, 2:13 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	32 min
Mar 27, 3:23 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		37 min
Mar 27, 3:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	44 min
Mar 27, 3:53 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		67 min
Mar 27, 4:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	31 min
Mar 27, 5:43 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Mar 27, 10:14 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		31 min
Mar 27, 10:40 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		35 min
Mar 27, 12:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	29 min
Mar 27, 1:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Wilcox	31 min
Mar 27, 2:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	36 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.