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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 1993George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1993, 9:19 AM CST for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 1993, 9:19 AM CST (15:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 1993, 10:00 AM CST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County George County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 1993-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1840 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 1993-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
1840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 11:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington59 min
Mar 30, 11:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke39 min
Mar 30, 12:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile54 min
Mar 30, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Mar 30, 1:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile47 min
Mar 30, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.