Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 3:36 PM CDT for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2000, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Citronelle, AL | Trees were reported blown down by thunderstorm winds just to the north of Citronelle. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 736 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 162037 SVRMOB ALC097-129-162100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 336 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTH MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CITRONELLE SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CITRONELLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT... 6 MILES EAST OF CITRONELLE...8 MILES WEST OF MOUNT VERNON AT 400 PM CDT 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. LAT...LON 3130 8808 3127 8829 3099 8826 3103 8800
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 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.