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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 10, 2000Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2000, 12:50 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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: Jan 10, 2000, 12:50 AM CST (06:50 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2000, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 10, 1:00 AM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Tensaw, AL	Trees and power lines were blown down near Tensaw.

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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 919 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 100652
TORMOB
ALC003-100730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1250 AM CST MON JAN 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 130 AM CST

* AT 1249 AM CST... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO WAS
  LOCATED 19 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE OR 2 MILES SOUTH OF
  BLACKSHER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO WILL BE MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 9:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Marengo	75 min
Jan 9, 9:31 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	119 min
Jan 9, 10:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	51 min
Jan 9, 11:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Marengo	59 min
Jan 9, 11:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	2 hr
Jan 9, 11:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	43 min
Jan 9, 11:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler	53 min
Jan 10, 12:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	36 min
Jan 10, 12:27 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	63 min
Jan 10, 12:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Monroe	50 min
Jan 10, 1:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh	43 min

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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.