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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL

April 24, 2000Escambia County, Florida

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 24, 5:35 AM CDTTornado F1Gonzalez, FLIt 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 270 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 5:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa43 min
Apr 24, 6:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa34 min
Apr 24, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa49 min
Apr 24, 12:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa33 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.