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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Mobile, AL

June 28, 2004George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2004, 1:48 PM CDT for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
Jun 28, 2004, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2004, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2004-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2208 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 2004-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2208 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

332 
WUUS54 KMOB 281848
SVRMOB
MSC039-131-281915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
146 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL...AND    
  DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAMSEY   
  SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF VANCLEAVE...AND WAS       
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR...
  THE GORGE AND STONE COUNTY BORDER AREA IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF     
  BOTH COUNTIES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3090 8931 3067 8932 3069 8890 3074 8890
          3075 8845 3099 8846 3100 8882 3091 8883

$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.