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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Mobile, AL

May 2, 2001George County, Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2001, 3:25 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Perry 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 2, 2001, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2001-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 2001-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -34 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-326 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 022026
SVRMOB

MSC039-041-111-022100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
325 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 325 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  VERNAL...BEXLEY BY 330 PM CDT
  MERRILL BY 335 PM CDT
  AVENT BY 340 PM CDT
  AVENT STATION BY 345 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 3084 8857 3097 8843 3123 8873 3106 8891

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge37 min
May 2, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone35 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.