Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2001, 5:05 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- May 19, 2001, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2001, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Covington County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Wing, AL | High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees near Wing. Heavy rainfall was also reported. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 192205 SVRMOB ALC039-FLC091-192230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 505 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 503 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF WING...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... PEADEN BY 515 PM CDT LAUREL HILL...SVEA BY 530 PM CDT STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 3113 8671 3095 8671 3081 8639 3105 8639
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.