Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 13, 2000, 4:16 PM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 13, 2000, 4:16 PM CST (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2000, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 4:20 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Camden, AL | Dime size hail was reported near Camden. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 132221 SVRMOB ALC131-132245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 416 PM CST SUN FEB 13 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILCOX COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 416 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 37 min |
| Feb 13, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 36 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.