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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Mobile, AL

August 27, 2000Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2000, 2:39 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2000, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2000, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Crenshaw County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 27, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2000-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2000-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 271941
SVRMOB
ALC041-272030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
239 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 239 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETREY...OR VERY NEAR
  PANOLA...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT...
  3 MILES WEST OF MAGNOLIA SPRINGS AT 305 PM CDT
  6 MILES WEST OF PETREY AT 310 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 SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3206 8620 3206 8641 3175 8645 3175 8618

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw35 min
Aug 27, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe40 min
Aug 27, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler44 min
Aug 27, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington66 min
Aug 27, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington39 min
Aug 27, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile52 min
Aug 27, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin33 min
Aug 27, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia31 min
Aug 27, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile32 min
Aug 27, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke25 min
Aug 27, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington28 min
Aug 27, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.