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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Mobile, AL

June 3, 2011George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2011, 7:39 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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 3, 2011, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 8:09 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Lucedale, MSPUBLIC REPORT OF WIND ESTIMATED 60/65 MPH. FLAG POLES BENT, TREE BRANCHES DOWN, POWER OUT.
Jun 3, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 1Lucedale, MSPUBLIC REPORT OF DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT TEH INTERSECTION OF HWY 63 AND HWY 26 IN 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 649 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
649 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

668 
WUUS54 KMOB 040039
SVRMOB
ALC097-MSC039-040145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0075.110604T0039Z-110604T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
739 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 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...
  WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 738 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES EAST OF LUCEDALE...OR
  NEAR LOTT AND COLEMAN DAIRY ROAD...MOVING WEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LUCEDALE AROUND 810 PM CDT...
  BASIN AROUND 815 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3094 8882 3100 8882 3096 8823 3078 8823
      3075 8883 3091 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 091DEG 24KT 3087 8835

$$
1 follow-up statement
430 
WWUS54 KMOB 040119
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
819 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

ALC097-040127-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110604T0145Z/
MOBILE AL-
819 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3094 8882 3100 8882 3097 8843 3077 8842
      3075 8883 3091 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 091DEG 24KT 3087 8865

$$

MSC039-040145-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-110604T0145Z/
GEORGE MS-
819 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR GEORGE COUNTY...

AT 811 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR EVANSTON...OR JUST EAST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING WEST AT
30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSSROADS AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF MERRILL BY 825 PM CDT...
  DALE BY 835 PM CDT...
  BENNDALE BY 840 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 TO 65 MPH WERE REPORTED 2 MILES EAST OF LUCEDALE
AT AROUND 805 PM IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 
STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! MINOR DAMAGE...
NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN...AND LOSS OF POWER WAS REPORTED.

&&

LAT...LON 3094 8882 3100 8882 3097 8843 3077 8842
      3075 8883 3091 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 091DEG 24KT 3087 8865

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jun 3, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB61 min
Jun 4, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB53 min
Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.