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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 197, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 2012Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2012, 6:51 PM CDT for Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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
Sep 4, 2012, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2012-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1547 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 2012-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
1547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
Supercell composite
-1.5

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The text

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

782 
WUUS54 KMOB 042351
SVRMOB
MSC111-131-050045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0197.120904T2351Z-120905T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
651 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 646 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WIGGINS TO 8 MILES EAST OF WIGGINS...AND
  MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3091 8935 3092 8934 3091 8915 3103 8915
      3102 8898 3067 8892 3067 8923 3064 8924
      3064 8934 3065 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 002DEG 18KT 3096 8934 3084 8901

$$
2 follow-up statements
273 
WWUS54 KMOB 050013
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
713 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

MSC111-050023-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-120905T0045Z/
PERRY MS-
713 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY...

AT 709 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN 
PERRY COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3091 8935 3092 8934 3091 8915 3086 8900
      3067 8899 3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934
      3065 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 002DEG 18KT 3085 8934 3073 8901

$$

MSC131-050045-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-120905T0045Z/
STONE MS-
713 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR STONE COUNTY...

AT 709 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
12 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS...MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3091 8935 3092 8934 3091 8915 3086 8900
      3067 8899 3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934
      3065 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 002DEG 18KT 3085 8934 3073 8901

$$
336 
WWUS54 KMOB 050036
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
736 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

MSC131-050045-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0197.000000T0000Z-120905T0045Z/
STONE MS-
736 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN STONE COUNTY...

AT 733 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WIGGINS TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF WIGGINS...MOVING
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCHENRY...

LAT...LON 3065 8935 3092 8934 3078 8915 3068 8913
      3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 002DEG 18KT 3073 8934 3064 8916

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 8:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBGeorge, Greene, Stone25 hr
Sep 4, 4:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne2 hr
Sep 4, 5:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne6 hr
Sep 4, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry57 min
Sep 4, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone60 min
Sep 4, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012

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.