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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 7:53 AM CST for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2000, 7:53 AM CST (13:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2000, 8:45 AM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:30 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Brantley, AL | Local EMA reported dime sized hail at Brantley. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 504 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 562 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 746 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 191354 SVRMOB ALC039-041-191445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 753 AM CST SUN MAR 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN ALABAMA CRENSHAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 845 AM CST * AT 753 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIVER FALLS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BRANTLEY AT 825 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 AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. STAY ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 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 200 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3140 8663 3127 8648 3153 8618 3169 8635 N
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, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 60 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.