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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 338, NWS Mobile, AL

December 16, 2000George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 16, 2000, 1:43 PM CST for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2000, 1:43 PM CST (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Dec 16, 2000, 2:45 PM CST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 16, 1:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 2000-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 745 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°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 2000-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 161945
SVRMOB
MSC039-131-162045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
143 PM CST SAT DEC 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 245 PM CST

* AT 143 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WIGGINS TO
  10 MILES WEST OF MCHENRY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ROGERS LAKE AT 145 PM CST
  PERKINSTON...PERRY...TEN MILE BY 150 PM CST
  MCHENRY...WLOX TV STATION TOWER BY 155 PM CST
  WHITES CROSSING BY 200 PM CST
  BEATRICE BY 210 PM CST
  RAMSEY SPRINGS BY 215 PM CST
  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO 
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 1:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne43 min
Dec 16, 2:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene33 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.