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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Mobile, AL

June 11, 2011Wayne County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2011, 7:40 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 11, 2011, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 8:11 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1817 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

620 
WUUS54 KMOB 120040
SVRMOB
ALC129-MSC153-120130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0126.110612T0040Z-110612T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
740 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATOM...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 737 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHATOM...OR 8 MILES SOUTH
  OF MILLRY...AND MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHATOM AROUND 745 PM CDT...
  STATE LINE AROUND 830 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8815 3134 8832 3141 8845 3144 8845
      3144 8851 3146 8855 3166 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 040DEG 8KT 3151 8830

$$
1 follow-up statement
957 
WWUS54 KMOB 120111
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
811 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

ALC129-MSC153-120121-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0126.000000T0000Z-110612T0130Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
811 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

LAT...LON 3152 8815 3134 8832 3141 8845 3144 8845
      3144 8851 3146 8855 3166 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 040DEG 8KT 3146 8835

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne12 min
Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWashington2 hr
Jun 11, 8:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2011Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.