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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Mobile, AL

December 10, 2012Greene County, Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 2012, 10:26 AM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 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, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 2012, 11:30 AM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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.

673 
WUUS54 KMOB 101626
SVRMOB
MSC041-111-131-101730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0212.121210T1626Z-121210T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1026 AM CST MON DEC 10 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM CST

* AT 1020 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTH OF RICHTON TO 22 MILES NORTH OF
  DIAMONDHEAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCLAIN...             LEAKESVILLE...        BEAUMONT...
  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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3086 8935 3092 8929 3092 8914 3104 8915
      3122 8895 3123 8847 3100 8866 3100 8883
      3091 8883 3091 8888 3069 8888 3067 8905
      3067 8923 3064 8926 3065 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 1626Z 252DEG 28KT 3119 8891 3069 8945

$$

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, 9:23 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry52 min
Dec 10, 10:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne58 min
Dec 10, 10:36 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne40 min
Dec 10, 11:32 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene42 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.