Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2000, 4:32 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 8, 2000, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Covington County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Gantt, AL | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and also caused minor damage to a mobile home. |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1333 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
428 WUUS54 KMOB 082133 COR SVRMOB ALC039-082215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...COR TO ISSUANCE TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 432 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY AT 450 PM CDT 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 Jul 8, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 300 PM CDT SAT JUL 8 2000 WEAK SURFACE LOW SOUTH OF MOBILE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST AND DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED BOTH ALONG SEA BREEZE AND INLAND NEAR MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARIES SHOULD DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF HEATING. WILL MENTION EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER INLAND AREAS. NGM/ETA AND TO A LESSER DEGREE THE AVN ALL SHOW AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE DEPTH LATER TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NEAR 2 INCHES. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER WARM ALOFT AROUND -5C AT 500 AND CLOSE TO +10C AT 700. SO IT WILL TAKE A DECENT UPDRAFT TO PUNCH THROUGH THE CAP ...ANY THAT DO SHOULD HAVE GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL..ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN WET BULB ZEROS ARE NEAR 11KFT. BY SUNDAY NIGHT THE SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA AS UPPER HIGH EASES OVER AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE LIMITED TO ISOLATED AFTERNOON AGAIN BY MONDAY. WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA WILL BE VARIABLE UNTIL SURFACE LOW MOVES OFF...THEN LIGHT AND MOSTLY SOUTHERLY. EXTENDED HOT WITH ONLY ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS SURFACE RIDGE BECOMES REESTABLISHED ACROSS FORECAST AREA. PRELIM NUMBERS... MOB BU 074/093 074/094 074 11342 PNS BU 075/092 075/093 075 11342 DTS BU 077/089 077/089 076 11342 GZH BU 072/094 072/095 072 11232 2R0 BU 072/094 072/095 072 11232 61A BU 072/094 072/095 072 11232 .MOB... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 36 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.