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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 2000, 9:37 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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, 9:37 PM CST (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2000, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 570 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1260 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 110338 SVRMOB ALC129-110400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 937 PM CST FRI MAR 10 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 1000 PM CST * AT 937 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF MILLRY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILLRY AT 945 PM CST CHATOM AT 1000 PM CST A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST FRIDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST SATURDAY MORNING FOR ALABAMA. 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. RsEPORT 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 9:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Marengo | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 9:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 10, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 31 min |
| Mar 11, 4:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 min |
| Mar 11, 6:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Mar 11, 10:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Mar 11, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.