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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Mobile, AL

June 16, 2011George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 3:08 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2011, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 3:18 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 E Lucedale, MSDIME SIZE HAIL NEAR LUCEDALE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3053 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 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3053 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-8 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.

179 
WUUS54 KMOB 162008
SVRMOB
ALC097-MSC039-162030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0141.110616T2008Z-110616T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
308 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE...
  WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 304 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  EAST OF LUCEDALE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BASIN. THIS STORM WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LUCEDALE AROUND 330 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3084 8866 3100 8855 3100 8848 3091 8833
      3076 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 119DEG 1KT 3088 8847

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge39 min
Jun 16, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene44 min
Jun 16, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry20 min
Jun 16, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne38 min
Jun 16, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne26 min
Jun 16, 9:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Jun 16, 10:07 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Jun 16, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin30 min
Jun 16, 12:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
Jun 16, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile39 min
Jun 16, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile32 min
Jun 16, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw25 min
Jun 16, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw52 min
Jun 16, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington25 min
Jun 16, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe42 min
Jun 16, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw25 min
Jun 16, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington24 min
Jun 16, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw23 min
Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw51 min
Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia42 min
Jun 16, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington41 min
Jun 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh27 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.