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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Mobile, AL

May 13, 2000Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2000, 4:02 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2000, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Conecuh County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -137 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

880 
WUUS54 KMOB 132105
SVRMOB
ALC035-132130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
402 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CONECUH COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY...ABOUT          
  3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25       
  MPH.  LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH SIMILAR STORMS DURING THE  
  PAST 20 MINUTES. 

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
May 13, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington55 min
May 13, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile34 min
May 13, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile31 min
May 13, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin25 min
May 13, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington30 min
May 13, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh52 min
May 13, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington37 min
May 13, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe28 min
May 13, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.