Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2000, 3:44 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 21, 2000, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2000, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 E | Silverhill, AL | Several trees and power lines blown down just north of Silverhill and near Bay Minette. |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 1831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
035 WUUS54 KMOB 212043 SVRMOB ALC003-212130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 344 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ...FAIRHOPE...FOLEY...ROBERTSDALE...SUMMERLAND...AND GULF SHORES * UNTIL 430 PM CDT * AT 341 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROBERTSDALE...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRHOPE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOLEY AT 410 PM CDT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF GULF SHORES AT 430 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 3063 8758 3045 8799 3020 8774 3042 8743
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 31 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.