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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 2012Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2012, 7:31 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 59 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, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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.

563 
WUUS54 KMOB 050031
SVRMOB
MSC041-111-153-050130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0199.120905T0031Z-120905T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 2 MILES WEST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 7
  MILES NORTH OF CLARA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...         CLARA...              BEAUMONT...

LAT...LON 3113 8869 3117 8893 3175 8876 3171 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 010DEG 30KT 3164 8869

$$
1 follow-up statement
205 
WWUS54 KMOB 050121
SVSMOB

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

MSC041-111-153-050131-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0199.000000T0000Z-120905T0130Z/
WAYNE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
821 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN PERRY AND CENTRAL WAYNE
COUNTIES...

AT 816 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN
GREENE...NORTHEASTERN PERRY AND CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED
TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 3113 8869 3117 8893 3175 8876 3171 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 010DEG 30KT 3124 8877

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne54 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

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.