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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Mobile, AL

June 16, 2011Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2011, 4:52 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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 16, 2011, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2865 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
2865 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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.

170 
WUUS54 KMOB 162152
SVRMOB
ALC023-MSC153-162230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0150.110616T2152Z-110616T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 448 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 19
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...OR NEAR SILAS...AND MOVING WEST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  AQUILLA AROUND 500 PM CDT...
  EMORY...ISNEY...EVANSBORO AND CONTWELL AROUND 505 PM CDT...
  GRETNA AROUND 515 PM CDT...
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3173 8827 3170 8838 3170 8846 3167 8847
      3162 8862 3185 8870 3191 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 084DEG 15KT 3181 8839

$$
1 follow-up statement
169 
WWUS54 KMOB 162214
SVSMOB

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

ALC023-MSC153-162230-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0150.000000T0000Z-110616T2230Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
514 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...

AT 510 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 NEAR GRETNA...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING
WEST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BOICE BY 530 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3172 8842 3168 8864 3185 8870 3189 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 079DEG 23KT 3179 8854

$$

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, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene44 min
Jun 16, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry20 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

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.