Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 235, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Covington County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Clearview, AL | Dime size hail was reported in the Clearview 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
469 WUUS54 KMOB 100225 SVRMOB ALC039-100300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 925 PM CDT WED AUG 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT... 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA AT 950 PM CDT OVER RIVER FALLS AT 955 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 30 min |
| Aug 10, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Marengo | 49 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.