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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 27, 1994Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 27, 1994, 11:51 AM CST for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 1994, 11:51 AM CST (17:51 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 1994, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Perry County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 306 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 271752 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC111-271845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1151 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 1148 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN PERRY COUNTY NEAR RUNNELSTOWN. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND MAY AFFECT
THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF NEW AUGUSTA...RICHTON AND BREWER WITHIN
THE NEXT FEW MINUTES.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, Jan 27, 10:57 AM CST, 54 minutes before

MSZ075>082-271800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL
1055 AM CST THU JAN 27 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 1055 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE DETECTED A CLUSTER
OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI FROM
THE WEST.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PERRY COUNTY WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR...MOVING INTO GREENE COUNTY
SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

PERSONS IN PERRY AND GREENE COUNTIES NEED TO STAY IN CLOSE TOUCH
WITH THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION...AND BE ALERT FOR FUTURE
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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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.