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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Mobile, AL

July 16, 2000Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 3:05 PM CDT for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2000, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2000, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 3:25 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 EKittrell, MSThunderstorm winds blew down trees east of the community toward the State Line area.

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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2397 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 162007 COR
SVRMOB
MSC041-153-162030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED CITY SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
305 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO OR NEAR     
  BUCKATUNNA AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  4 MILES WEST OF STATE LINE AT 315 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3167 8854 3159 8873 3123 8861 3130 8845

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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.