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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Mobile, AL

June 6, 2011Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2011, 3:34 PM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

711 
WUUS54 KMOB 062034
SVRMOB
MSC131-062115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0082.110606T2034Z-110606T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 326 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 17
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS...OR 15 MILES EAST OF SAUCIER...AND
  MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BEATRICE...BIG LEVEL...WLOX TV STATION TOWER...TEN MILE...PERRY...
  PERKINSTON AND MCHENRY

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 3085 8915 3075 8887 3074 8887 3073 8886
      3068 8887 3068 8888 3068 8916 3069 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 095DEG 7KT 3071 8893

$$
1 follow-up statement
276 
WWUS54 KMOB 062112
SVSMOB

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

MSC131-062122-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0082.000000T0000Z-110606T2115Z/
STONE MS-
412 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3085 8915 3075 8887 3074 8887 3073 8886
      3068 8887 3068 8888 3068 8916 3069 8917
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 095DEG 7KT 3072 8901

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge29 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.