Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 3:57 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports 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, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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, 4:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Jay, FL | Quarter sized hail was reported near Jay. |
| May 13, 4:20 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pine Forrest, FL | Golf ball sized hail was reported near the intersection of Pine Forest and Nine Mile roads. |
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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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.
167 WUUS54 KMOB 132058 SVRMOB FLC033-113-132130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 357 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 27 MILES NORTH OF MILTON TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MILTON TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF GONZALEZ. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GONZALEZ AT 405 PM CDT FERRY PASS AT 420 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| May 13, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 47 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.