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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Mobile, AL

April 1, 2000Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2000, 4:43 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2000, 4:43 PM CST (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2000, 5:30 PM CST
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-04-01Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2000-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 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.

344 
WUUS54 KMOB 012246
SVRMOB
MSC153-012330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
443 PM CST SAT APR 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 443 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...OR
  ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAUREL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL MOVE NEAR EUCUTTA...PASSING NORTH OF WAYNESBORO AND 
OVER THE COMMUNITY OF HIWANEE.

HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS AND WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH ARE 
POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 4:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne38 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.