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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Mobile, AL

June 29, 1992Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1992, 3:36 PM CDT for Hancock County, Pearl River County, Mississippi. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1992, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1992, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, MS, Pearl River County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1992-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2690 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 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 292039
SVRMOB
MSC045-109-292145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
336 PM CDT MON JUN 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...PEARL RIVER COUNTY...HANCOCK COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...
AT 330 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAVANNAH IN PEARL RIVER COUNTY
MISSISSIPPI INTO THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAY ST.
LOUIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
 
AT 310 PM THE PICAYUNE MISSISSIPPI POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THESE
STORMS UPROOTED 5 TO 10 TREES IN MCNEIL MISSISSIPPI.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LAR>GE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry46 min

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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.