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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL

March 3, 2000Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2000, 6:20 PM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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
Mar 3, 2000, 6:20 PM CST (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 2000, 7:00 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Wilcox County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 3, 5:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2000-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2000-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 040023
SVRMOB
ALC131-040100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
620 PM CST FRI MAR 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 620 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING        
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMDEN AT 650 PM CST

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WIND GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE 
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.  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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST
FRIDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile41 min
Mar 3, 6:44 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington31 min
Mar 3, 7:18 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile27 min
Mar 3, 7:50 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia40 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.