Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 285, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2000, 2:09 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2000, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2000, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Rosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Milton, FL | A thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail near the community. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1320 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 271910 SVRMOB FLC113-271945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 209 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 245 PM CDT * AT 209 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST OF MILTON...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF NAVARRE. THIS STORM WAS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE OVER SANTA ROSA COUNTY JUST NORTH OF I-10 THROUGH 245 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 SEVlERE 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 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Aug 27, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 65 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.