Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 2002, 4:58 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 24, 2002, 4:58 PM CST (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2002, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 5:27 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Butler, AL |
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 24, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 242258 SVRMOB ALC023-MSC153-242330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 458 PM CST THU JAN 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 530 PM CST * AT 458 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF MATHERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EVANSBORO...MELVIN BY 505 PM CST WATER VALLEY...PARAGON BY 510 PM CST GILBERTOWN BY 515 PM CST HODGEWOOD...NEEDHAM BY 520 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3188 8867 3173 8855 3195 8809 3214 8823
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 24 min |
| Jan 24, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 15 min |
| Jan 24, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 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.