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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Mobile, AL

July 27, 2000Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 2000, 7:24 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2000, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2000, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 679 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 00:00Z on 2000-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
679 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

193 
WUUS54 KMOB 280026
SVRMOB
ALC053-280100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
724 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 724 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY 
ALABAMA...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ATMORE.  THE STORM WAS MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.


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 3127 8743 3114 8757 3100 8747 3105 8731
          3120 8722

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.