Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 26, 2012, 8:36 AM CST for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
- Jan 26, 2012, 8:36 AM CST (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2012, 9:15 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:18 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 100 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 10.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
879
WUUS54 KMOB 261436
SVRMOB
MSC039-131-261515-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0003.120126T1436Z-120126T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
836 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 915 AM CST
* AT 834 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WIGGINS TO 14 MILES NORTH OF BILOXI TO 4
MILES NORTH OF BILOXI TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GULFPORT...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERKINSTON... MCHENRY... LUCEDALE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8911 3090 8882 3099 8878 3092 8842
3073 8841 3073 8888 3067 8889 3067 8915
3073 8919
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 231DEG 42KT 3073 8898 3063 8899
3048 8892 3031 8900
$$2 follow-up statements
614
WWUS54 KMOB 261502
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
902 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
MSC039-131-261515-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120126T1515Z/
STONE MS-GEORGE MS-
902 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CST
FOR GEORGE AND SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTIES...
AT 857 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MERRILL TO BENNDALE TO DALE TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GIBSON LANDING TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF RUBLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CROSSROADS...BEXLEY...CENTRAL...BARTON...WATERS LANDING...WARD...
VAUGHN...LATONIA...HOWELL...DEAN LANDING...SHIPMAN...MOVELLA...
EVANSTON AND AGRICOLA
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 3090 8882 3099 8878 3092 8842 3073 8841
3073 8888 3067 8889 3077 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 231DEG 42KT 3100 8870 3090 8872
3081 8876 3064 8873 3055 8875
$$438
WWUS54 KMOB 261512
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
912 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
MSC039-131-261522-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120126T1515Z/
STONE MS-GEORGE MS-
912 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GEORGE AND SOUTHEASTERN STONE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 AM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3090 8882 3099 8878 3092 8842 3073 8841
3073 8888 3067 8889 3077 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1512Z 231DEG 42KT 3108 8858 3098 8860
3089 8864 3072 8861 3063 8863
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 54 min |
| Jan 26, 8:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 63 min |
| Jan 26, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 9:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 38 min |
| Jan 26, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 40 min |
| Jan 26, 9:49 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 116 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.