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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Mobile, AL

June 16, 2011George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 3:16 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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°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.

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 162016
SVRMOB
MSC039-041-162100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0142.110616T2016Z-110616T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE...
  SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 312 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 NEAR
  LUCEDALE...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF BASIN...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BEXLEY...VERNAL AND MERRILL AROUND 400 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3099 8877 3109 8853 3092 8848 3084 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 145DEG 4KT 3094 8861

$$
1 follow-up statement
729 
WWUS54 KMOB 162050
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

MSC039-041-162100-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-110616T2100Z/
GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-
350 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE AND NORTH
CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT...

THIS WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3099 8877 3109 8853 3092 8848 3084 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 145DEG 4KT 3097 8864

$$

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, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge22 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

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.