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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 249, NWS Mobile, AL

August 10, 2000Marengo County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2000, 5:56 PM CDT for Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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 10, 2000, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2000, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Marengo County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2000-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2216 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2000-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
2216 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 102257
SVRMOB
ALC091-102345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
556 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SWEET WATER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH     
  OF LINDEN.  THE STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY...OR DRIFTING WEST     
  LESS THAN 5 MPH.

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 3205 8798 3205 8776 3223 8776 3223 8798

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia28 min
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

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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.