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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Mobile, AL

June 6, 2011George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2011, 2:48 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 6, 2011, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2011, 3:17 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2011-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3013 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 2011-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
3013 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1021 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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.

751 
WUUS54 KMOB 061948
SVRMOB
MSC039-062030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0080.110606T1948Z-110606T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
248 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 245 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 12
  MILES SOUTH OF LUCEDALE...OR NEAR BASIN...AND MOVING WEST AT 8
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DALE AROUND 300 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS 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 3088 8862 3074 8853 3073 8854 3073 8871
      3074 8883 3083 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 073DEG 17KT 3075 8867

$$
1 follow-up statement
547 
WWUS54 KMOB 062017
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
317 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

MSC039-062027-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-110606T2030Z/
GEORGE MS-
317 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3088 8862 3074 8853 3073 8854 3073 8871
      3074 8883 3083 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 073DEG 17KT 3071 8882

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone41 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.