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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2000, 5:24 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 36 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2000, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2000, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado F1 | Gonzalez, FL | It was determined from a National Weather Service Storm Survey that a weak F1 tornado struck the Gonzalez community just East of US Highway 29. The first touchdown was near Old Chemstrand Road and Golden Rod Road where some trees and a county road tower were |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 241027 SVRMOB FLC033-241100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 524 AM CDT MON APR 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 524 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES NORTH OF GONZALEZ TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELLVIEW TO 35 MILES WEST OF WARRINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GONZALEZ AT 535 AM CDT BELLVIEW...ENSLEY AT 540 AM CDT BRENT...MYRTLE GROVE...WEST PENSACOLA AT 545 AM CDT FERRY PASS...GOULDING...WARRINGTON AT 550 AM CDT PENSACOLA AT 555 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 6:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 34 min |
| Apr 24, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.