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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2000, 2:23 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. 2 reports 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
- Apr 24, 2000, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stone County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:45 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Wiggins, MS | It was found from a National Weather Service Storm Survey that two different tornadoes of similar strength, width and distance, tracked east and southeast of Wiggins, MS. (See April 00 Storm Data) The first began in Wiggins near State Highways 29 and 26. Th |
| Apr 24, 2:50 AM CDT | Tornado F0 | Wiggins, MS | The second tornado began near King Bee Road just west of Big Level. This tornado also moved northeast, moving across Bond Lott Cemetery and John Willis Roads before lifting back into the clouds near Big Four Road and State Highway 26, near Whites Crossing. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -269 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 304 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 240724 SVRMOB MSC131-240800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 223 AM CDT MON APR 24 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... STONE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 223 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WIGGINS AT 235 AM CDT 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR MISSISSIPPI.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 53 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.