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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

November 6, 2000Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 6, 2000, 10:03 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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
Nov 6, 2000, 10:03 PM CST (04:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 6, 2000, 10:30 PM CST
In force
27 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 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 00:00Z on 2000-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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 00:00Z on 2000-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
746 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

785 
WFUS54 KMOB 070403
TORMOB
ALC097-070430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1003 PM CST MON NOV 6 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1030 PM CST

* AT 958 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER MOBILE EAST OF THE AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   PRICHARD BY 1010 PM CST
   CHICKASAW BY 1015 PM CST
   SARALAND BY 1020 PM CST
   
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...ABANDON VEHICLES AND TRAILER
HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3065 8825 3056 8807 3084 8800 3098 8805

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 6, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile35 min
Nov 6, 9:29 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile31 min
Nov 6, 10:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile85 min
Nov 6, 10:59 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin31 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.