Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 2:06 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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 10, 2000, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2000, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Pensacola, FL | Trees were blown down near I-10 and Pine Forest Road as a thunderstorm move through 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 101906 SVRMOB FLC033-101930- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 206 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN FLORIDA * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ENSLEY...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING WEST ALONG I-10... 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 110 min |
| Aug 10, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.