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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

July 16, 2000Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 16, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
Jul 16, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 736 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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.

110 
WFUS54 KMOB 162200
TORMOB
ALC097-162230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 PM CDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GRAND BAY...THEODORE...TILLMANS
  CORNER

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADIC  THUNDERSTORM NEAR TILLMANS CORNER...MOVING SOUTH AT 20   
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  6 MILES EAST OF GRAND BAY AT 520 PM CDT
  OVER BAYOU LA BATRE AT 530 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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3064 8810 3068 8831 3033 8842 3028 8816

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington24 min
Jul 16, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke31 min
Jul 16, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile30 min
Jul 16, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile36 min
Jul 16, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin49 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.