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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL

March 2, 2001Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 2, 2001, 3:55 PM CST for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 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
Mar 2, 2001, 3:55 PM CST (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2001, 4:30 PM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 2, 4:05 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 55 EEucutta, MSThunderstorm winds downed trees in the community.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 2, 11:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2001-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 948 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 2001-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

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

384 
WUUS54 KMOB 022155
SVRMOB
MSC041-153-022230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
355 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CST

* AT 355 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAND HILL...MOVING EAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOTHWELL...PIAVE BY 400 PM CST
  SMITHTOWN BY 405 PM CST
  BATTLES...BUCKATUNNA BY 420 PM CST
  STATE LINE BY 425 PM CST

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry29 min
Mar 1, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne63 min
Mar 2, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne49 min
Mar 2, 3:29 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBWayne3 hr
Mar 2, 3:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry53 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.