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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 296, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2000, 5:47 PM CDT for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 27, 2000, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.
235 WUUS54 KMOB 272247 SVRMOB ALC097-129-272315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 547 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT VERNON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ABOUT... 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNT VERNON AT 600 PM CDT 6 MILES EAST OF CITRONELLE AT 610 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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 27, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Aug 27, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 40 min |
| Aug 27, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 37 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.