Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 16, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2000, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Barrineau Park, FL | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees that damaged a shed. |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 162231 SVRMOB FLC033-162300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BELLVIEW...BRENT...ENSLEY...FERRY PASS * UNTIL 600 PM CDT * AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF GONZALEZ...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENSLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENSLEY OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FERRY PASS AND BRENT AT 600 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDI NG BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 16, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 29 min |
| Jul 16, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 25 min |
| Jul 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 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.