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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL

March 27, 2005Butler County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2005, 2:24 PM CST for Butler County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2005, 2:24 PM CST (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 3:00 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 226 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
226 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 272024
SVRMOB
ALC013-099-131-272100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0064.050327T2024Z-050327T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
224 PM CST SUN MAR 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 300 PM CST

* AT 223 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NATCHEZ...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
  NORTH OF MONROEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TURKESTAN AND CORDUROY STATION BY 230 PM CST
  MCWILLIAMS AND NADAWAH BY 235 PM CST
  RUTHVEN AND CALEDONIA BY 240 PM CST
  ALLENTON AND MCBRYDES BY 245 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 3170 8741 3157 8726 3201 8671 3219 8698

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 272041
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
240 PM CST SUN MAR 27 2005

ALC099-272050-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-050327T2100Z/
MONROE AL-
240 PM CST SUN MAR 27 2005

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

THE STORM HAS MOVED QUICKLY INTO EASTERN WILXOX AND NORTHWESTERN 
BUTLER COUNTIES.

LAT...LON 3197 8685 3197 8667 3182 8690 3185 8692
      3185 8715 3184 8718 3185 8720 3185 8731
      3205 8713 3206 8687

$$

ALC013-131-272100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-050327T2100Z/
BUTLER AL-WILCOX AL-
240 PM CST SUN MAR 27 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX AND NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 235 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CALEDONIA...OR ABOUT
16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CALEDONIA AND WATSONVILLE BY 235 PM CST
  RUTHVEN...ALLENTON...PINE APPLE AND OAK HILL BY 240 PM CST
  MCBRYDES...SNOW HILL AND MONTERY BY 245 PM CST
  FURMAN BY 250 PM CST

LAT...LON 3197 8685 3197 8667 3182 8690 3185 8692
      3185 8715 3184 8718 3185 8720 3185 8731
      3205 8713 3206 8687

$$

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, 9:25 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

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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.