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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

February 14, 2000Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 14, 2000, 12:11 AM CST for Covington 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: Feb 14, 2000, 12:11 AM CST (06:11 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 2000, 1:00 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Covington County, AL

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, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 446 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 15.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 140625
SVRMOB
ALC039-140700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1211 AM CST MON FEB 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CST

* AT 1211 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT
  25 MPH.

HOWEVER...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 3121 8669 3108 8654 3132 >8622 3148 8640

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 13, 8:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	31 min
Feb 13, 10:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	35 min
Feb 13, 10:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	36 min
Feb 13, 10:54 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	51 min
Feb 13, 11:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	27 min
Feb 13, 11:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	31 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.