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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 304, NWS Mobile, AL

August 30, 2000Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2000, 5:51 PM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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 30, 2000, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 2000, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 332 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
152 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 302253
SVRMOB
MSC111-302315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
551 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 551 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL EFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF            
  BEAUMONT...OAK GROVE AND BARBARA THROUGH 615 PM. 

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge36 min
Aug 30, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone32 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.