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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

March 3, 1988Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1988, 3:36 AM CST for Harrison County, Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 1988, 3:36 AM CST (09:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 3, 1988, 4:30 AM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Boothville, LA (KBVE), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Boothville, LA at 00:00Z on 1988-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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, Boothville, LA at 00:00Z on 1988-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 030936
SVRMOB
MSC047-059-031030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
336 AM CST THU MAR 3 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          ...HARRISON...JACKSON
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS.
 
TWO TORNADOS WERE REPORTED BY THE BILOXI POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING THE
LAST 30 MINUTES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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.