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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL

March 31, 2002George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 10:15 AM CST for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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: Mar 31, 2002, 10:15 AM CST (16:15 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2002, 11:00 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County George County, MS

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 10:20 AM CST	Hail 0.75	Benndale, MS

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
Mar 31, 8:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 663 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 6.9

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 311615
SVRMOB
MSC039-311700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1015 AM CST SUN MAR 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 AM CST

* AT 1015 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BENNDALE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BASIN BY 1025 AM CST
  LUCEDALE...EVANSTON BY 1035 AM CST
  SHIPMAN BY 1045 AM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY
INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3089 8894 3076 8879 3077 8845 3098 8846

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:55 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Stone	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2002 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.