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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL

March 13, 2003Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2003, 2:38 PM CST for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2003, 2:38 PM CST (20:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2003, 3:30 PM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 13, 10:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2003-03-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 797 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 2003-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
797 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 132038
SVRMOB
MSC041-132130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
239 PM CST THU MAR 13 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM CST

* AT 239 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAND HILL TO
  17 MILES WEST OF MCLAIN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PIAVE BY 245 PM CST
  SAND HILL BY 250 PM CST
  BOTHWELL...AVERA BY 255 PM CST
  NEELY...MCLAIN BY 310 PM 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
STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED.

LAT...LON 3143 8847 3100 8857 3101 8883 3140 8882

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 2:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry25 min
Mar 13, 2:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Wayne38 min
Mar 13, 3:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.