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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 23, 2015, 1:40 PM CST for Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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 23, 2015, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2015, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 670 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
283
WUUS54 KMOB 231940
SVRMOB
MSC111-153-232030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0166.151223T1940Z-151223T2030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
140 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 230 PM CST
* AT 139 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACEDONIA...
OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF PETAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO
MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO AND CLARA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8915 3144 8894 3180 8894 3183 8892
3183 8884 3176 8870 3176 8866 3169 8852
3127 8910 3131 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 225DEG 41KT 3143 8913
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
299
WWUS54 KMOB 232006
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
206 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
MSC111-232015-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-151223T2030Z/
PERRY MS-
206 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3180 8894 3183 8892 3183 8884 3176 8870
3176 8866 3169 8852 3143 8888 3143 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 229DEG 38KT 3163 8888
$$
MSC153-232030-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0166.000000T0000Z-151223T2030Z/
WAYNE MS-
206 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 205 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILL CREEK...
OR 13 MILES WEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO AND CLARA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3180 8894 3183 8892 3183 8884 3176 8870
3176 8866 3169 8852 3143 8888 3143 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 229DEG 38KT 3163 8888
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry | 57 min |
| Dec 23, 9:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 3:29 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 4:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 57 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.