Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 7:41 AM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 7:41 AM CST (13:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 8:30 AM CST
- In force
- 49 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:45 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:00 AM CST | HAIL 1.75 | New Augusta, MS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 738 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
255
WUUS54 KMOB 241341
SVRMOB
MSC041-111-153-241430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0020.120224T1341Z-120224T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
741 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 830 AM CST
* AT 740 AM CST...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
SOUTHEAST OF HATTIESBURG...OR 12 MILES WEST OF NEW AUGUSTA...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STATE LINE... BUCKATUNNA... RICHTON...
NEW AUGUSTA...
&&
LAT...LON 3136 8915 3144 8898 3144 8895 3145 8895
3168 8846 3137 8844 3109 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 243DEG 57KT 3122 8921
$$1 follow-up statement
527
WWUS54 KMOB 241359
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
759 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
MSC041-111-153-241430-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-120224T1430Z/
WAYNE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
759 AM CST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CST
FOR NORTHERN GREENE...NORTHERN PERRY AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 754 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR MCSWAIN...OR NEAR RICHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BREWER...AVERA...MULBERRY...SAND HILL...BOTHWELL...PIAVE...
HENDERSON...SMITHTOWN...CARSON CITY...OLD AVERA...KITTRELL...
KNOBTOWN...CHICORA...WINCHESTER...ROBINSONS JUNCTION...STATE LINE...
BATTLES...BUCKATUNNA...ERET AND BELMONT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3136 8915 3144 8898 3144 8895 3145 8895
3168 8846 3137 8844 3109 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 243DEG 57KT 3131 8890
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 39 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.