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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2010, 5:05 PM CDT for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- May 29, 2010, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2010, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1799 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
057
WUUS54 KMOB 292205
SVRMOB
MSC039-131-292230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0064.100529T2205Z-100529T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
505 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING
WINDS OVER 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAMSEY
SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS...AND MOVING
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY AT 520 PM CDT
FREQUENT 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL
FREE AT 1 8 7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3082 8892 3085 8872 3074 8871 3073 8886
3068 8887 3068 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 262DEG 11KT 3073 8886
$$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 May 29, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 29, 2:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 257 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 .SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CONTINUE UNTIL 7 PM FOR ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND 8 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. ISSUED SOME WARNINGS AND HAVE HAD A FEW HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE REPORT. SUPPER LOW MEANDERS AROUND THE AREA INTO SUNDAY EVENING THEN BEGINS TO WEAKEN AND LIFT OUT TO THE NORTH DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...THE WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT WEST AS THE RIDGE BUILDS WEST ACROSS THE NORTH GULF. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN ACTIVE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HEAT OF THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH THINK THE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE LOWER NEXT FEW DAYS AS TEMPERATURES WARM JUST A BIT ALOFT AS THE LOW WEAKENS AND PULLS OUT. A LOW LEVEL MOIST FLOW AND A WEAK UPPER TROUGH AXIS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD ENSURE ANOTHER DAY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON HOW SOON AND WHERE THE CONVECTION DEVELOPS BUT GENERALLY BETWEEN 85 AND 90 DEGREES NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS. /11 .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)ATMOSPHERE REMAINS MOIST WITH THE RIDGE AXIS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND WEAK RIPPLES IN THE UPPER FLOW WEDNESDAY. RAIN CHANCE DROP OFF A BIT THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AS A SURFACE HIGH CENTER DEVELOPS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND CLOSER TO THE AREA. MAINLY SEA BREEZE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE LONG TERM. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY 70 TO 90. && .MARINE...UPPER LOW CURRENTLY OVER MISS WILL MEANDER SOUTHWARD TO NEAR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TONIGHT...THEN HEAD EASTWARD... WEAKENING AS IT GOES. RESULT IS A SYNOPTIC LIGHT AND VARIABLE FLOW...BECOMING NORTHERLY OVER THE ENTIRE MARINE FA AS THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE SURFACE WINDS SHIFTS EAST. BY MONDAY...THE UPPER LOW HAS WEAKENED AND CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD REGAINING CONTROL. THIS WILL BRING A SYNOPTIC ONSHORE FLOW TO THE AREA BY MONDAY NIGHT...LASTING THROUGH MID WEEK. /16 && .FIRE WEATHER...SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE INTERIOR OF THE PANHANDLE TODAY...WHICH SPREAD NORTHWEST AS MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI LATER TODAY. SHOULD BE SIMILAR ON SUNDAY AND MAYBE AGAIN ON MONDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MOBILE 68 85 69 86 / 30 60 20 60 PENSACOLA 71 85 72 86 / 40 50 30 50 DESTIN 73 83 73 84 / 40 50 30 50 EVERGREEN 67 86 68 86 / 40 70 30 70 WAYNESBORO 66 85 65 86 / 30 60 30 60 CAMDEN 66 85 67 85 / 40 60 40 60 CRESTVIEW 67 86 68 88 / 50 60 30 60 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 5:52 AM CDT, 11 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 552 AM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-301100- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 552 AM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH OR EXCEED SEVERE LIMITS BRINGING STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY. NO ORGANIZED HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THE MOMENT...THOUGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS WEEKEND. SOME STORMS MAY AGAIN APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS BRINGING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 12:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1220 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ALZ058-060-291800- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ANDALUSIA AND LUVERNE... 1220 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT COVINGTON AND CRENSHAW COUNTIES... AT 1218 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES EAST OF ROSE HILL TO 2 MILES NORTH OF CAROLINA...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... ANDALUSIA...ROSE HILL...HEATH...RIVER FALLS...DOZIER...BRANTLEY AND GANTT THROUGH 100 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
Local storm report, May 29, 12:47 PM CDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1247 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM HAIL LAUREL HILL 30.97N 86.46W
05/29/2010 E1.00 INCH OKALOOSA FL TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER TO NWS TAE.
&&
SAMSpecial weather statement, May 29, 1:24 PM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 124 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 FLZ003-291915- INLAND SANTA ROSA- 124 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BERRYDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... BERRYDALE...MUNSON AND MCLELLAN THROUGH 215 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 146 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 FLZ003-004-291915- INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 146 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF PACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD AND ALLENTOWN THROUGH 215 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 206 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 FLZ001>004-291930- INLAND ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-COASTAL SANTA ROSA- 206 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES... AT 203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BARTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... CHUMUCKLA AND MCDAVID THROUGH 230 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG 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 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...RESULTING IN BRIEF PONDING OF WATER AROUND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW A SAFE CROSSING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 314 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ALZ053-292045- CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GROVE HILL... 314 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2010 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CLARKE COUNTY... AT 310 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TALLAHATTA SPRINGS TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINN...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND...CHILTON...BASHI...WINN AND OPINE THROUGH 345 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. STAY TUNED IN THE EVENT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY FOR YOUR AREA.
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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.