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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Mobile, AL

September 1, 2000George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 2000, 4:25 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Sep 1, 2000, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County George County, MS

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 1, 4:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55 ELucedale, MSHigh thunderstorm winds resulted in minor roof and siding damage to homes and businesses in the community. Trees and power lines were also reported down in and around 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 2000-09-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-09-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1707 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 012125
SVRMOB
MSC039-012200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 PM CDT FRI SEP 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LUCEDALE...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 15
MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF...
  CENTRAL GEORGE...SOUTHERN GEORGE AND SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTIES.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL 911 EMERGENCY CENTER hOR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE.

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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.