Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 2:29 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
- May 13, 2000, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2000, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Citronelle, AL | A thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail just southeast of Citronelle along County Road 41 near the community of Turnerville. |
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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1609 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 820 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
784 WUUS54 KMOB 131930 SVRMOB ALC097-MSC039-132000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 229 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GEORGE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 229 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF CREOLA TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF SATSUMA TO 35 MILES WEST OF SARALAND...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CITRONELLE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... CREOLA...SATSUMA...SARALAND AT 300 PM 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 12:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1220 PM SAT MAY 13 2000 WILL TWEAK FIRST PERIOD MAXES IN THE NORTHEAST AND INTERIOR COASTALS GIVEN LATEST OBSERVATIONS. AS FOR WIND WILL ADJUST NORTHWEST SECTIONS FOR NORTHWEST DIRECTION. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS FRONT NEARS. 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 55 min |
| May 13, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| May 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 28 min |
| May 13, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| May 13, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 30 min |
| May 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 13, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 45 min |
| May 13, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 54 min |
| May 13, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.