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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 232, NWS Mobile, AL

August 9, 2000Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 5:59 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2000, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 12:00Z on 2000-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 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
288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1117 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 092300
SVRMOB
ALC099-131-092345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
559 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CAMDEN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF
  THOMASVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT...
RURAL SOUTHERN WILCOX COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT
RURAL NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY AT 610 PM CDT
RURAL CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY AT 630 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 3199 8724 3201 8745 3157 8753 3155 8726

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMarengo56 min
Aug 9, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile34 min
Aug 9, 5:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin38 min
Aug 9, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.