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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL

May 6, 2012George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 5:16 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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
May 6, 2012, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2012-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2255 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 2012-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
2255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

012 
WUUS54 KMOB 062216
SVRMOB
MSC039-062245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0049.120506T2216Z-120506T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
516 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
  SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WAS LOCATED 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF WADE...AND MOVING
  SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

&&

LAT...LON 3085 8888 3086 8878 3078 8859 3073 8863
      3073 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 039DEG 5KT 3077 8874

$$
1 follow-up statement
526 
WWUS54 KMOB 062243
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
543 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

MSC039-062253-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120506T2245Z/
GEORGE MS-
543 PM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY...

AT 540 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GEORGE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

LAT...LON 3085 8888 3086 8878 3078 8859 3073 8863
      3073 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 039DEG 5KT 3074 8877

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone58 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.