Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2000, 7:40 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 80 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2000, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2000, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 7:55 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Neely, MS | Some trees were blown down north of the community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1043 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 230041
TORMOB
MSC041-153-230100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
740 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSISSIPPI
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 740 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 22 MILES WEST OF LEAKESVILLE...OR PASSING NORTHEAST OF BEAUMONT
IN PERRY COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...NEAR THE TOWN OF NEELY BY 750 PM CDT
AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE AT 800 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3100 8884 3100 8843 3144 8846 3143 8868
3147 8873 3147 8877 3145 8878 3143 8882
3116 8882Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.