Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 4:31 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama; George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2000, 4:31 AM CST (10:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2000, 5:15 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 191033 SVRMOB ALC097-MSC039-041-191115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 431 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GEORGE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI GREENE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 515 AM CST * AT 431 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL. RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE. LAT...LON 3100 8862 3087 8847 3103 8826 3117 8845
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 7:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 1:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 3:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 25 min |
| Mar 19, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 5:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 3:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 34 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.