Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 2001, 6:05 PM CST for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2001, 6:05 PM CST (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2001, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 6:05 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Castleberry, AL | Sheriff reported a large tree and other debris over County Road 19 to the west of the community. |
| Mar 3, 6:25 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Florala, AL | High thunderstorm winds blew down trees throughout the community. One of the trees fell onto a house, causing damage to the structure. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 040005 SVRMOB ALC035-039-053-040030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 605 PM CST SAT MAR 3 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 630 PM CST * AT 605 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WILCOX TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF RIVERVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... JOHNSONVILLE BY 610 PM CST ROBERTS...SHREVE BY 615 PM CST BROOKLYN...BROOKS BY 620 PM CST COHASSETT...PARKER SPRINGS BY 625 PM CST STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. LAdT...LON 3153 8694 3102 8714 3102 8657 3151 8650
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.