Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 19, 2001, 6:28 AM CST for George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2001, 6:28 AM CST (12:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2001, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 6:40 AM CST | Hail 0.75 | Benndale, MS | Thunderstorm produced dime sized hail. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 191231 SVRMOB MSC039-041-191330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 628 AM CST FRI JAN 19 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 730 AM CST * AT 628 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MCLAIN TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENNDALE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE REPORTEDLY BLOWN DOWN TREES. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... AVENT...AVENT STATION BY 635 AM CST BASIN...BEXLEY BY 640 AM CST LUCEDALE...EVANSTON BY 645 AM CST LEAKESVILLE...AGRICOLA BY 650 AM 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 SDTURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 6:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 58 min |
| Jan 19, 6:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 43 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.