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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Mobile, AL

June 11, 20124 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2012, 11:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
Jun 11, 2012, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 12:07 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2012-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3962 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
3962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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.

031 
WUUS54 KMOB 120427
SVRMOB
MSC039-041-111-131-120530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0101.120612T0427Z-120612T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1127 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1123 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCEDALE TO 15 MILES WEST OF
  WIGGINS...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WIGGINS...            PERKINSTON...         MCHENRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT
TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3091 8935 3092 8934 3091 8915 3100 8914
      3109 8881 3073 8878 3073 8888 3067 8889
      3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934 3065 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 345DEG 23KT 3101 8877 3089 8938

$$
1 follow-up statement
445 
WWUS54 KMOB 120507
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1207 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

MSC039-041-111-131-120517-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120612T0530Z/
STONE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
1207 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN
GEORGE...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...SOUTHERN PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...

AT 1205 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR WESTERN
GEORGE...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...SOUTHERN PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES HAS
WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3091 8935 3092 8934 3091 8915 3100 8914
      3109 8881 3073 8878 3073 8888 3067 8889
      3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934 3065 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 345DEG 23KT 3076 8869 3064 8930

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne65 min
Jun 11, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne63 min
Jun 11, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene55 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.