Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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 11, 2008, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 4:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 1611 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 542 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 13.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS54 KMOB 112052
SVRMOB
MSC153-112145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0101.080411T2053Z-080411T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
353 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 352 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STRENGTHFORD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF LAUREL...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
EUCUTTA AND WHISTLER BY 410 PM CDT...
HIWANNEE AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOICE BY 425 PM CDT...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3177 8848 3175 8846 3156 8846 3154 8894
3178 8894 3182 8893 3188 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 242DEG 29KT 3171 8898
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 112106
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
404 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
MSC153-112145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-080411T2145Z/
WAYNE MS-
404 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT
FOR WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF EUCUTTA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF
WHISTLER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WOODWARDS AND HIWANNEE BY 415 PM CDT...
BOICE...WOODWARDS...HIWANNEE AND WAYNESBORO BY 420 PM CDT...
9 MILES NORTH OF WINCHESTER BY 425 PM CDT...
7 MILES NORTH OF DENHAM BY 430 PM CDT...
GRETNA BY 435 PM CDT...
THIS STORM IS LIKELY DUMPING QUARTER INCH DIAMTER HAIL
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3177 8848 3175 8846 3156 8846 3154 8894
3178 8894 3182 8893 3188 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 263DEG 34KT 3173 8883
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 112134
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
434 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
MSC153-112144-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-080411T2145Z/
WAYNE MS-
434 PM CDT FRI APR 11 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3177 8848 3175 8846 3156 8846 3154 8894
3178 8894 3182 8893 3188 8848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 263DEG 34KT 3176 8850
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 53 min |
| Apr 11, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.