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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Mobile, AL

June 7, 2011Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2011, 2:29 PM CDT for Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 16 min. 1 report 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 7, 2011, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
16 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 7, 2:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGRichton, MSOAK TREE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN ON BAY STREET THAT TOOK OUT A POWERLINE. DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL ALSO OBSERVED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1725 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
1725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.4

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The text

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

827 
WUUS54 KMOB 071929
SVRMOB
MSC111-153-071945-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0083.110607T1929Z-110607T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
229 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 230 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 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF RICHTON...OR 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...AND
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLIS CREEK AROUND 235 PM CDT...
  GOOD HOPE AROUND 240 PM CDT...
  RHODES AROUND 245 PM CDT...

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8912 3144 8894 3160 8894 3161 8893
      3149 8877 3143 8880 3143 8883 3135 8883
      3128 8886 3144 8913
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 123DEG 7KT 3145 8888

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 2:31 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBPerry59 min
Jun 7, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne25 min
Jun 7, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne26 min
Jun 7, 3:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene33 min
Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene113 min
Jun 7, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne44 min
Jun 7, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene42 min
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Wayne4 hr
Jun 7, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne52 min
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene43 min
Jun 7, 6:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.