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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Mobile, AL

May 26, 2011Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 1:47 PM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 20 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 26, 2011, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2011, 2:07 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2011-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3259 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
3259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
12.8

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The text

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

460 
WUUS54 KMOB 261847
SVRMOB
MSC111-261930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0070.110526T1847Z-110526T1930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
147 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF RICHTON...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE   
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS       
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTH OF PETAL TO 
  14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG TO 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF         
  WIGGINS...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW AUGUSTA AROUND 205 PM CDT...
  BEAUMONT AROUND 225 PM CDT...
  RICHTON AROUND 230 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3105 8914 3115 8915 3133 8914 3140 8885
      3098 8886 3099 8902 3103 8915 3104 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 258DEG 18KT 3126 8919 3115 8914
          3105 8920

$$
1 follow-up statement
316 
WWUS54 KMOB 261907
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
207 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

MSC111-261917-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110526T1930Z/
PERRY MS-
207 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3105 8914 3115 8915 3133 8914 3140 8885
      3098 8886 3099 8902 3103 8915 3104 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 258DEG 18KT 3128 8907 3117 8902
          3107 8908

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge50 min
May 26, 12:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne47 min
May 26, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge45 min
May 26, 1:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne63 min
May 26, 2:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBWayne3 hr
May 26, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene37 min
May 26, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Stone40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 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.