Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2000, 1:59 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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 22, 2000, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2000, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Tillmans Corner, AL | |
| Jul 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Tillmans Corner, AL |
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 754 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190 WUUS54 KMOB 221900 SVRMOB ALC097-222000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 159 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CHICKASAW...MOBILE...PRICHARD... SARALAND...SATSUMA...THEODORE...TILLMANS CORNER * UNTIL 300 PM CDT * AT 159 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 16 MILES EAST OF CITRONELLE TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF TILLMANS CORNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... OVER CREOLA...PRICHARD...SARALAND...SATSUMA AT 210 PM CDT OVER CHICKASAW AT 220 PM CDT OVER MOBILE...TILLMANS CORNER AT 225 PM CDT OVER THEODORE AT 235 PM CDT THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Jul 22, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.