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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Mobile, AL

September 30, 2012George County, Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2012, 3:36 PM CDT for George County, Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 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
Sep 30, 2012, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties George County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:40 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 30, 4:25 PM CDTTORNADOMchenry, MSDAMAGE REPORTED ON PINE AVE IN MCHENRY. DETAILS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 30, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2012-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1360 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 2012-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1360 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
552 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

577 
WUUS54 KMOB 302036
SVRMOB
MSC039-111-131-302130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0203.120930T2036Z-120930T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
336 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 331 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF DIAMONDHEAD...OR 11
  MILES NORTH OF KILN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8934 3092 8914 3120 8915 3125 8915
      3127 8914 3083 8869 3067 8899 3067 8923
      3064 8924 3064 8934 3065 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 221DEG 31KT 3060 8938

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBStone51 min
Sep 30, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBPerry, Stone42 min
Sep 30, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone41 min
Sep 30, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene34 min

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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.