Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2000, 4:43 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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 20, 2000, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Covington County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Andalusia, AL | Thunderstorm produced hail to the size of nickels south of the community. |
| Jul 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Red Level, AL | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees south of the community. |
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
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 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 202144
SVRMOB
ALC039-202215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
443 PM CDT THU JUL 20 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ANDALUSIA...OPP
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
3 MILES NORTH OF FLORALA AT 515 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 3153 8651 3145 8669 3100 8669 3100 8619
3145 8619 3145 8625 3147 8628 3153 8628
3146 8641 3153 8641The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Marengo | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 36 min |
| Jul 20, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 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.