Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 229, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 4:56 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 9, 2000, 4:56 PM CDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mobile County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Mobile, AL | High thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines near the intersection of Airport Blvd and Hillcrest Rd. |
| Aug 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Mobile, AL | Dime sized hail was reported at the intersection of Grelot Rd and Hillcrest Rd as a thunderstorm moved across the area. |
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, 9.9 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
- 1084 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 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 092157 SVRMOB ALC097-092230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 456 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 456 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF PRICHARD...OR ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF MOBILE. THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT... 7 MILES SOUTH OF PRICHARD AT 530 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 WeILL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Marengo | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Aug 9, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 46 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.