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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

April 9, 1991Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 9, 1991, 10:51 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 1991, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 1991, 11:35 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Greene County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 1991-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 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 1991-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-144 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-100245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
815 PM CDT TUE APR 9 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111 CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

AT 810 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NORTHWEST OF MONTGOMERY TO NEAR MCCOMB MISSISSIPPI. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 25 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TROY  AND NEAR NEW ORLEANS.
A PATCHES OF LIG>HT RAIN WAS NOTED IN THE MOBILE AREA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO
THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST IN WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 10:05 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1000 PM CDT TUE APR 9 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 111 CONTINUES UNTIL 11 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA.

AT 10 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
MONTGOMERY TO LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR LAUREL
MISSISSIPPI AND THOMASVILLE. MOVEMENT CONTINUES EAST AT 20 MPH.

A BAND OF SHOWERS WAS IN THE GULF FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND
SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THIS OFFICE TONIGHT...BUT A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY IN OR
NEAR THE WATCH AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock, Macon59 min
Apr 9, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers, Lee66 min
Apr 9, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery49 min
Apr 10, 2:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHarrison61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

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.