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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 2005, 7:58 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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
- Apr 6, 2005, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2005, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KMOB 070058 SVRMOB MSC153-070130- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0117.050407T0058Z-050407T0130Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 758 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 755 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF HIWANNEE TO WHISTLER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF WAYNESBORO TO 14 MILES WEST OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WOODWARDS AND HIWANNEE BY 815 PM CDT BOICE BY 820 PM CDT GRETNA BY 830 PM CDT THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. LAT...LON 3200 8875 3164 8901 3172 8850 3210 8847 $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 6, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
311 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005
.SHORT TERM...A LOW OVER ARKANSAS WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES THROUGH THURSDAY. BY EARLY THIS
EVENING...THE FRONT WILL BE IN WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...BRINGING PCPN
FROM SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CONTINUING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE THIS EVENING.
LATEST GUIDANCE FROM HPC AS WELL AS DATA FROM SURFACE STATIONS...AND
RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA...ALL SHOW VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY
THROUGH THE REGION WITH POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A
LARGE PART OF THE AREA TONIGHT. SOME AREAS MAY GET LOCALLY HIGHER
RAINFALL TOTALS IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE STRONG STORMS GROW IN SUCH
A PATTERN THAT THEY PERSISTENTLY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS....JUST AS
IT DID LAST WEEK...WITH AN INCREASING RISK OF FLOODING IN MOBILE...
BALDWIN...AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES. 850MB TO 300MB THICKNESS DIVERGENCE
WITH ATTENDANT 850MB THETA-E RIDGE ARE PHASING TO CAUSE CONCERN THAT
DURATION OF THE RAINFALL EVENT COULD AGAIN BE VERY PROLONGED AND
WIDESPREAD.
GROUND PREVIOUSLY SATURATED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN OF LAST WEEK...AND
WHERE MANY CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE STILL AT OR ABOVE
BANK-FULL. THIS WOULD BRING A VERY FAST RUNOFF SITUATION
EXACERBATING FLASH FLOOD THREAT AGGRAVATE ALREADY EXISTING RIVER
FLOOD PROBLEMS.
.EXTENDED...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT EVENT WINDOW
WOULD BE LATE NEXT WEEK AROUND TAX DAY.
.MARINE...CONTINUED INCREASE IN ONSHORE FLOW EXPECTED TO DRIVE SEAS
UP TO 9 FEET AT TIMES OFFSHORE. ADVERTISING VISIBILITY BELOW 1 MILE
IN HEAVY PCPN UNTIL FROPA. AT THAT POINT DECREASING WIND WILL CUT
THOSE DOWN CONSIDERABLY BY TOMORROW AS PRECIP SCATTERS OUT.
.FIRE...NO CONCERNS. MODERATE RH IN 50S AND DISPERSION IN THE 30S
AND 40S.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MOBILE 63 74 56 73 / 90 20 10 10
PENSACOLA 64 75 57 74 / 100 40 10 10
DESTIN 65 72 62 72 / 100 50 10 20
EVERGREEN 60 74 54 72 / 100 40 20 10
WAYNESBORO 60 73 52 71 / 80 30 20 10
CAMDEN 61 75 53 72 / 100 40 30 20
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT GMZ630-650-670.
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT ALZ051>064.
FL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT FLZ001>006.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR GMZ655-675.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT MSZ067-075-076-078-
079.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 4:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 445 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-071100- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 445 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING... ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT... SOUTHERLY FLOW HAS TAPPED INTO DEEP MOISTURE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SURFACE TROUGH. MEANWHILE...A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION TONIGHT. AN UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE MAIN THREATS. ISOLATED TORNADOS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE AREA OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST AT 15 MPH ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A LONG DURATION OF PROLONGED RAINFALL TO THE REGION. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING OF AREA RIVERS TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD BE ACTIVATED TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 6, 3:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
312 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0305 PM HAIL FOLEY 30.41N 87.68W
04/06/2005 0.75 INCH BALDWIN AL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
GBSpecial weather statement, Apr 6, 5:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 549 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ALZ051-MSZ067-062315- CHOCTAW-WAYNE- 549 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...MOVING TOWARD CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRENGTHFORD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... EUCUTTA...HIWANNEE AND BOICE THROUGH 615 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
Local storm report, Apr 6, 6:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
628 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0625 PM HAIL LIBERTYVILLE 31.24N 86.46W
04/06/2005 1.75 INCH COVINGTON AL EMERGENCY MNGR
NEAR CR 56
&&
JCLocal storm report, Apr 6, 6:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
657 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM HAIL MILLIGAN 30.75N 86.64W
04/06/2005 1.00 INCH OKALOOSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
DWSLocal storm report, Apr 6, 7:19 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
719 PM CDT WED APR 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM HAIL HOLLEY 30.45N 86.91W
04/06/2005 0.50 INCH SANTA ROSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
BETWEEN HOLLEY AND NAVARRE
0705 PM HAIL CRESTVIEW 30.76N 86.57W
04/06/2005 0.75 INCH OKALOOSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
AT STATE HWY 85 AND STILLWELL RD NEAR CRESTVIEW
0705 PM HAIL CRESTVIEW 30.76N 86.57W
04/06/2005 0.75 INCH OKALOOSA FL EMERGENCY MNGR
PENNY SIZE HAIL AT JOHN KING RD AND HWY 85
&&
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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.