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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Mobile, AL

July 11, 2000Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 4:40 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 11, 2000, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2813 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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.

627 
WUUS54 KMOB 112140
SVRMOB
ALC099-112215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
440 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 440 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15
  MPH.

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
Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile30 min
Jul 11, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler33 min
Jul 11, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh25 min
Jul 11, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia27 min
Jul 11, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington35 min
Jul 11, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia26 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.