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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2005Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 26, 2005, 9:25 PM CST for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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, 9:25 PM CST (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 10:00 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 8:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 270325
SVRMOB
ALC039-053-270400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0052.050327T0325Z-050327T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
925 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
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 919 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBERTS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  BREWTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DIXIE BY 930 PM CST
  PLEASANT HOME AND BECK BY 935 PM CST
  LIBERTYVILLE AND RED OAK BY 940 PM CST
  SANFORD BY 945 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 3107 8702 3098 8696 3108 8621 3140 8623

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 270335
SVSMOB

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

ALC039-053-270400-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050327T0400Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-COVINGTON AL-
933 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR
CENTRAL COVINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 927 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 DIXIE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF BREWTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DIXIE BY 930 PM CST
  PLEASANT HOME AND BECK BY 935 PM CST
  LIBERTYVILLE...CAROLINA AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED OAK BY 940 PM
  CST
  BABBIE AND SANFORD BY 945 PM CST
  OPP AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONYCHA BY 950 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 3110 8693 3101 8687 3102 8672 3118 8620
      3141 8625

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 270350
SVSMOB

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

ALC053-270358-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050327T0400Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
948 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

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

THE ORIGINAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SPLIT INTO TWO STORMS. THE STORM 
WAS NOW EXITING RURAL NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3122 8669 3102 8670 3118 8620 3141 8625

$$

ALC039-270400-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050327T0400Z/
COVINGTON AL-
948 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR
CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY...

AT 940 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT HOME...OR ABOUT 13 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PLEASANT HOME AND BECK BY 940 PM CST
  CAROLINA...LIBERTYVILLE...ANDALUSIA AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RED
  OAK BY 945 PM CST
  SANFORD...BABBIE...EODA AND OPP BY 950 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 3122 8669 3102 8670 3118 8620 3141 8625

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 270357
SVSMOB

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

ALC039-270408-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-050327T0400Z/
COVINGTON AL-
958 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY WILL 
EXPIRE AT 1000 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 3122 8669 3102 8670 3118 8620 3141 8625

$$

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, 6:33 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, 9:35 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.