Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 30, 2013, 7:29 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 30, 2013, 7:29 AM CST (13:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2013, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:30 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 30, 5:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 916 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446
WUUS54 KMOB 301329
SVRMOB
ALC023-MSC153-301415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0002.130130T1329Z-130130T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
729 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 815 AM CST
* AT 725 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
19 MILES EAST OF MERIDIAN TO 9 MILES WEST OF BUTLER TO 13 MILES
NORTH OF WAYNESBORO TO 5 MILES NORTH OF WAYNESBORO...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST NEAR 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOXEY... SILAS... PENNINGTON...
NEEDHAM... LISMAN... GILBERTOWN...
BUTLER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8794 3230 8795 3228 8801
3214 8801 3208 8804 3205 8811 3201 8811
3199 8806 3196 8807 3195 8812 3192 8809
3193 8805 3190 8813 3182 8818 3178 8817
3172 8870 3185 8869 3190 8848 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 1328Z 229DEG 64KT 3246 8835 3232 8833
3213 8833 3204 8849 3189 8852 3178 8862
$$3 follow-up statements
146
WWUS54 KMOB 301350
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
750 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
ALC023-MSC153-301415-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
750 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 745 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
15 MILES NORTH OF BUTLER TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER TO 4
MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 135 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOXEY... SILAS... PENNINGTON...
NEEDHAM... LISMAN... GILBERTOWN...
BUTLER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3229 8794 3230 8798 3228 8801
3215 8801 3208 8804 3205 8811 3201 8811
3199 8806 3195 8812 3192 8809 3193 8806
3190 8813 3182 8818 3178 8817 3172 8870
3185 8869 3190 8848 3222 8843 3231 8836
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 229DEG 117KT 3241 8803 3226 8801
3204 8822 3183 8847
$$933
WWUS54 KMOB 301403
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
803 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
ALC023-MSC153-301415-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
803 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST
FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 759 AM CST...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WINDS OVER 60 MPH WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
16 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTLER TO 8 MILES EAST OF BUTLER TO 11 MILES
SOUTH OF BUTLER TO 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOXEY... SILAS... PENNINGTON...
NEEDHAM... LISMAN... GILBERTOWN...
BUTLER...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8801 3215 8801 3214 8804
3208 8804 3205 8811 3201 8811 3199 8807
3195 8812 3192 8808 3188 8814 3182 8818
3178 8817 3173 8870 3185 8869 3190 8848
3209 8837 3231 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 1403Z 233DEG 51KT 3233 8803 3213 8804
3197 8822 3178 8841
$$234
WWUS54 KMOB 301413
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
813 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
ALC023-MSC153-301423-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130130T1415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
813 AM CST WED JAN 30 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 809 AM CST...THE LINE OF STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND CHOCTAW COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE AT 815 AM CST.
WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE LOCALLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8801 3215 8801 3214 8804
3208 8804 3205 8811 3201 8811 3199 8807
3195 8812 3192 8808 3188 8814 3182 8818
3178 8817 3173 8870 3185 8869 3190 8848
3209 8837 3231 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 233DEG 51KT 3242 8790 3222 8791
3206 8809 3187 8828
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 8:20 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 22 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:18 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 74 days |
| Jan 30, 12:48 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:42 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Jan 30, 3:42 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 32 hr | |
| Jan 30, 9:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 42 min |
| Jan 30, 10:54 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Jan 30, 12:36 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:18 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Jan 30, 1:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 4 days |
| Jan 30, 1:19 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 4 days |
| Jan 30, 1:59 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 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.