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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Mobile, AL

May 28, 2000Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2000, 4:23 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2000, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-270 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
280 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

298 
WUUS54 KMOB 282126
SVRMOB
ALC097-282200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
423 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILMER...OR 18 MILES WEST 
OF PRICHARD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THIS 
STORM.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MOBILE.

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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.