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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Mobile, AL

December 10, 2012Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2012, 9:23 AM CST for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 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
Dec 10, 2012, 9:23 AM CST (15:23 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2012, 10:15 AM CST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 10, 8:51 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2012-12-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 767 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 237 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
767 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
7.9

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The text

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

218 
WUUS54 KMOB 101523
SVRMOB
MSC111-101615-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0209.121210T1523Z-121210T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
923 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 920 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF  
  ELLISVILLE TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF WEST HATTIESBURG...AND MOVING      
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICHTON...            NEW AUGUSTA...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8915 3144 8914 3144 8903 3143 8887
      3112 8894 3107 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1522Z 270DEG 29KT 3157 8912 3108 8936

$$
1 follow-up statement
533 
WWUS54 KMOB 101544
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
944 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

MSC111-101615-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-121210T1615Z/
PERRY MS-
944 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CST
FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY...

AT 939 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
LAUREL TO 16 MILES NORTH OF WIGGINS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICHTON...            NEW AUGUSTA...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8915 3144 8914 3144 8903 3143 8887
      3112 8894 3107 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 270DEG 29KT 3157 8891 3108 8915

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 9:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne60 min
Dec 10, 10:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne58 min
Dec 10, 10:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Stone64 min
Dec 10, 10:36 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne40 min
Dec 10, 11:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene42 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.