Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 231, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 5:45 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Loxley, AL | Dime size hail was reported in Loxley. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 092247 SVRMOB ALC003-092315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ROBERTSDALE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF FOLEY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT... 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOXLEY AT 605 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Marengo | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| Aug 9, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 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.