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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Mobile, AL

March 29, 2000Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 29, 2000, 3:02 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 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 29, 2000, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2000, 4:00 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 29, 1:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 292103
SVRMOB
ALC097-292200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
302 PM CST WED MAR 29 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 400 PM CST

* AT 302 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES WEST OF TILLMANS CORNER...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF ESCATAWPA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE AT 325 PM CST
  MOBILE AT 335 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING 
FOR ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI.

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 3068 8854 3050 8853 3050 8797 3072 8798

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 2:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin59 min
Mar 29, 2:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
Mar 29, 3:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin46 min
Mar 29, 3:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile50 min
Mar 29, 4:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin76 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.