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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

February 16, 2001Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 16, 2001, 4:41 PM CST for Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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
Feb 16, 2001, 4:41 PM CST (22:41 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2001, 5:30 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 16, 1:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 261 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2001-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 162244
SVRMOB
MSC111-153-162330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
441 PM CST FRI FEB 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 441 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES WEST OF HIWANNEE TO 11   
  MILES WEST OF FERGUSON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HIWANNEE...RICHTON BY 450 PM CST
  MULBERRY BY 455 PM CST
  BOICE...FERGUSON BY 500 PM CST
  WAYNESBORO...HINTONVILLE BY 505 PM CST

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS.  IF IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...TAKE COVER IN A
STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN ETFFECT. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY 
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3193 8882 3124 8906 3109 8887 3145 8884
          3186 8848

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 4:17 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne28 min

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.