Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 2000, 2:33 PM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2000, 2:33 PM CST (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2000, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilcox County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2:55 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Pine Hill, AL | High thunderstom winds blew trees and power lines down at the intersection of State Highway 29 and County Road 21. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 12:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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.
- 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 192034 SVRMOB ALC131-192100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 233 PM CST SUN MAR 19 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILCOX COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 233 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAMDEN...OR ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAMDEN AT 250 PM CST A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA AND FLORIDA. 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.
| 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, 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, 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.