Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 6:25 PM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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 11, 2000, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2000, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Leroy, AL | Trees and numerous tree limbs were blown down as a thunderstorm moved through the St. Stephens Park area near Leroy. In addition, some outbuildings in the area were damaged or destroyed, and some awnings were blown off of some campers as well. |
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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
882 WUUS54 KMOB 112325 SVRMOB ALC129-120000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 625 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSON...MOVING WEST AT 5 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Jul 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 26 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.