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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 2012George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 2012, 8:22 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2012, 8:40 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.

290 
WUUS54 KMOB 050122
SVRMOB
MSC039-041-050215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0202.120905T0122Z-120905T0215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 821 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...OR
  13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRUITDALE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEAKESVILLE...

LAT...LON 3130 8879 3135 8852 3108 8843 3097 8842
      3093 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 345DEG 18KT 3124 8860

$$
1 follow-up statement
678 
WWUS54 KMOB 050140
SVSMOB

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

MSC039-041-050150-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0202.000000T0000Z-120905T0215Z/
GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
840 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR
NORTHEASTERN GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 836 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
GEORGE AND GREENE COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3130 8879 3135 8852 3108 8843 3097 8842
      3093 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 345DEG 18KT 3115 8857

$$

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, 7:31 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

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.