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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 2012George County, Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. 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, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2012-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2069 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
2069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

286 
WUUS54 KMOB 050021
SVRMOB
ALC097-129-MSC039-041-153-050115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0198.120905T0021Z-120905T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 719 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 12 MILES WEST OF CHATOM...OR 5 MILES
  NORTH OF STATE LINE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  STATE LINE...         BUCKATUNNA...         LEAKESVILLE...
  LUCEDALE...           VINEGAR BEND...       FRUITDALE...

LAT...LON 3077 8833 3085 8876 3159 8857 3156 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 006DEG 40KT 3147 8845

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne59 min
Sep 4, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone21 min
Sep 4, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene34 min
Sep 4, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene18 min
Sep 4, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Sep 4, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB58 min
Sep 4, 8:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB50 min
Sep 4, 9:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB73 min
Sep 4, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Sep 4, 9:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Sep 4, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Sep 5, 2:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile59 min
Sep 5, 11:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia33 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2012Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Alabama, 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.