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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

March 22, 2005Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 22, 2005, 9:33 AM CST for 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 22, 2005, 9:33 AM CST (15:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2005, 10:00 AM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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 22, 6:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-03-22Temperature 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2005-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 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 221534
SVRMOB
ALC129-221600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0009.050322T1533Z-050322T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
933 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1000 AM CST

* AT 933 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
  ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF HEALING SPRINGS TO 13  
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF ESCATAWPA AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HEALING SPRINGS AND MILLRY BY 940 AM CST
  VINEGAR BEND AND JORDON BY 945 AM CST
  FRANKVILLE AND SILVER CROSS BY 950 AM CST
  SEABOARD BY 955 AM 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 3168 8811 3159 8810 3151 8797 3134 8799
      3132 8800 3120 8802 3119 8843 3168 8845
      3169 8813

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 8:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox32 min
Mar 22, 9:59 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington46 min
Mar 22, 3:59 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min

Nearby

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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.