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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL

March 10, 2000Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 9:14 PM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 10, 2000, 9:14 PM CST (03:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2000, 10:00 PM CST
In force
46 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 10, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Mar 10, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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 2000-03-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 425 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 2000-03-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 110316
SVRMOB
ALC131-110400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
914 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CST

* AT 914 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL MARENGO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES EAST OF LINDEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM. 

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 9:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMarengo30 min
Mar 10, 9:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington23 min
Mar 10, 9:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox31 min
Mar 11, 4:36 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile24 min
Mar 11, 6:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw36 min
Mar 11, 10:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin26 min
Mar 11, 10:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia23 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.