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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

November 24, 2000Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2000, 11:12 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 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 24, 2000, 11:12 AM CST (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2000, 12:00 PM CST
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 9:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2000-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 265 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2000-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 421 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
265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
421 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
552 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 241712
TORMOB

ALC003-241800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1112 AM CST FRI NOV 24 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 1108 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF
  SEMINOLE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS OF...
  EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY.

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 3053 8768 3049 8756 3069 8747 3077 8758

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 9:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile41 min
Nov 24, 10:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile29 min
Nov 24, 10:44 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile16 min
Nov 24, 11:00 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile30 min
Nov 24, 11:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile31 min
Nov 24, 1:08 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.