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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Mobile, AL

August 9, 2000Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 7:47 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2000, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1855 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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 100047
SVRMOB
ALC053-100115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BREWTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT...
  OVER EAST BREWTON AT 755 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw30 min
Aug 9, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington35 min
Aug 10, 2:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh26 min
Aug 10, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia36 min
Aug 10, 2:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin44 min
Aug 10, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington26 min
Aug 10, 3:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin32 min
Aug 10, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington36 min
Aug 10, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile52 min
Aug 10, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Aug 10, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile66 min
Aug 10, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMarengo49 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.