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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Mobile, AL

March 19, 2000Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 5:15 AM CST for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 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, 5:15 AM CST (11:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2000, 6:15 AM CST
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 191116
SVRMOB
ALC097-129-191215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA  
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 615 AM CST

* AT 515 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF CITRONELLE...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CITRONELLE AT 520 AM CST

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 ALSO 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 8RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3111 8842 3097 8831 3117 8805 3133 8824

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 4:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	44 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

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2000 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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.