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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2000, 4:11 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Marengo County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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 2, 2000, 4:11 PM CDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Marengo County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Butler, AL | An Alabama State Trooper reported dime size hail East of the community. |
| Apr 2, 4:52 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Dixons Mills, AL | Golfball size hail was reported in the area with the high winds. |
| Apr 2, 4:52 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Dixons Mills, AL | A National Weather Service Storm Survey determined that strong straight line thunderstorm wind damage occurred along Southern Pine Road near US Highway 43 just north of Dixons Mills. Trees were blown down and several trailers were damaged. |
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 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 022112 TORMOB ALC023-091-022200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 411 PM CDT SUN APR 2 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CHOCTAW COUNTY IN ALABAMA...MARENGO COUNTY IN ALABAMA * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 411 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF BUTLER...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LINDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... LINDEN AT 430 PM CDT THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.F THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALABAMA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Marengo | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 24 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.