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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

January 10, 2000Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 10, 2000, 12:27 AM CST for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 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
Jan 10, 2000, 12:27 AM CST (06:27 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2000, 1:30 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 9, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 2000-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 100629
SVRMOB
ALC025-100730-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1227 AM CST MON JAN 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1225 AM CST... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR A CLUSTER OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON OR 5 MILES WEST OF
  CHOCTAW BLUFF... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REACH THE VICINITY OF -
  CHOCTAW BLUFF BY 1230 AM CST
  JACKSON BY 1230 AM CST
  ALMA  BY 1235 AM CST
  GROVE HILL BY 100 AM CST
  FULTON BY 110 AM CST

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 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 DONT
DRIVE INTO AREAS WHER6E WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 9:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Marengo75 min
Jan 9, 9:31 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw119 min
Jan 9, 10:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw51 min
Jan 9, 11:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMarengo59 min
Jan 9, 11:30 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw2 hr
Jan 9, 11:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox43 min
Jan 9, 11:52 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler53 min
Jan 10, 12:24 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington36 min
Jan 10, 12:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Monroe50 min
Jan 10, 12:50 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin40 min
Jan 10, 1:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.