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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2011, 6:05 PM CDT for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
076
WUUS54 KMOB 262305
SVRMOB
MSC039-131-262345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0074.110526T2305Z-110526T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
605 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE...
SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 601 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS...OR 14 MILES WEST OF BASIN...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BASIN AROUND 625 PM CDT...
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8893 3098 8845 3073 8844 3073 8886
3068 8887 3068 8888 3068 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 276DEG 28KT 3074 8883
$$1 follow-up statement
237
WWUS54 KMOB 262334
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
634 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
MSC131-262344-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110526T2345Z/
STONE MS-
634 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3074 8876 3086 8875 3090 8845 3073 8844
3073 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 268DEG 23KT 3080 8857
$$
MSC039-262345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-110526T2345Z/
GEORGE MS-
634 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 633 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 BARTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF LUCEDALE...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
AGRICOLA...MOVELLA AND VAUGHAN BY 640 PM CDT...
SHIPMAN BY 645 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY!
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU
CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3074 8876 3086 8875 3090 8845 3073 8844
3073 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 268DEG 23KT 3080 8857
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 10:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 50 min |
| May 26, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 47 min |
| May 26, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 45 min |
| May 26, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 63 min |
| May 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 20 min |
| May 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.