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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Mobile, AL

July 16, 2000Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 3:44 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls 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.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2000, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2000, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clarke County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1309 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
1309 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 162045
SVRMOB
ALC025-162115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
344 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JACKSON

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...OR ABOUT 14
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT...
  5 MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL AT 350 PM CDT
  6 MILES EAST OF JACKSON AT 410 PM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE 
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.  

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 3186 8781 3180 8801 3143 8788 3151 8763

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington24 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile30 min
Jul 16, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile36 min
Jul 16, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile30 min
Jul 16, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin49 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.