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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 58 min |
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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.