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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 111, NWS Mobile, AL

May 30, 2001George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2001, 5:40 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2001, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2001, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County George County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2001-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 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 2001-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -80 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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 
WUUS54 KMOB 302240
SVRMOB
MSC039-302315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
540 PM CDT WED MAY 30 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 540 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BEXLEY  THE STORM WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEXLEY BY 615 PM CDT

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.  IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3080 8882 3079 8851 3096 8855 3096 8876

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.