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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Mobile, AL

December 17, 1995Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 1995, 7:20 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 1995, 7:20 PM CST (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Dec 17, 1995, 8:15 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1995-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1995-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMOB 180114 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC039-153-180215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
720 PM CST SUN DEC 17 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GEORGE AND WAYNE COUNTIES FROM THE WEST.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS
WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF WAYNESBORO...BUCHATUNNA...LUCEDALE...
BENNDALE AND AGRICOLA DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge55 min
Dec 17, 7:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone67 min
Dec 17, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge26 min
Dec 18, 2:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene57 min
Dec 18, 2:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne57 min
Dec 18, 3:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry6 hr
Dec 18, 3:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone6 hr
Dec 18, 4:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge38 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.