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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Mobile, AL

December 20, 2012Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 20, 2012, 7:12 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 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 20, 2012, 7:12 AM CST (13:12 UTC)
Expired
Dec 20, 2012, 8:15 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:14 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 20, 4:23 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2012-12-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 653 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2012-12-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 247 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
653 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

652 
WUUS54 KMOB 201312
SVRMOB
MSC153-201415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0220.121220T1312Z-121220T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
712 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 710 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
  WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLISVILLE...OR
  18 MILES SOUTH OF SANDERSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...         CLARA...              BUCKATUNNA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3189 8849 3145 8846 3143 8894 3180 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 227DEG 38KT 3155 8907

$$
1 follow-up statement
371 
WWUS54 KMOB 201357
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
757 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

MSC153-201415-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0220.000000T0000Z-121220T1415Z/
WAYNE MS-
757 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST
FOR EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 756 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...         CLARA...              BUCKATUNNA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8880 3185 8863 3189 8849 3145 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1358Z 227DEG 38KT 3185 8850 3148 8866

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 20, 6:40 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene50 min
Dec 20, 7:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone63 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.