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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

February 21, 2003Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 21, 2003, 7:17 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Feb 21, 2003, 7:17 AM CST (13:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2003, 8:00 AM CST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2003-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 2003-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 380 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
504 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 211317
SVRMOB
MSC153-211400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
717 AM CST FRI FEB 21 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 AM CST

* AT 717 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF MULBERRY...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARA...WHISTLER BY 720 AM CST
  WINCHESTER...ROBINSON JUNCTION BY 730 AM CST
  DENHAM BY 735 AM CST
  GRETNA BY 740 AM CST

STRONG DAMAGING WIND...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 CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 3155 8893 3144 8893 3144 8848 3188 8846
          3182 8893

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 21, 6:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone26 min
Feb 21, 7:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.