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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

February 15, 2016Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 2016, 11:05 AM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2016, 11:05 AM CST (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 15, 2016, 11:45 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 15, 11:23 AM CSTHAIL 1W Avera, MSQUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED NEAR PLEASANT HILL RD AND HWY 63.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 15, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2016-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 569 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.4

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The text

As transmitted.

577 
WUUS54 KMOB 151705
SVRMOB
MSC041-111-153-151745-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0013.160215T1705Z-160215T1745Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1105 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 1145 AM CST

* AT 1104 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCLAIN...OR
  16 MILES SOUTH OF RICHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BEAUMONT AND MCLAIN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3112 8901 3158 8876 3136 8844 3132 8844
      3103 8890
TIME...MOT...LOC 1704Z 220DEG 36KT 3111 8888 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
732 
WWUS54 KMOB 151721
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1121 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

MSC111-151730-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160215T1745Z/
PERRY MS-
1121 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3143 8884 3158 8876 3136 8845 3132 8844
      3107 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 227DEG 31KT 3122 8877 

$$

MSC041-153-151745-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160215T1745Z/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
1121 AM CST MON FEB 15 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM CST
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 1120 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST
OF MCLAIN...OR 13 MILES WEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCLAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3143 8884 3158 8876 3136 8845 3132 8844
      3107 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 227DEG 31KT 3122 8877 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 10:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry35 min
Feb 15, 11:17 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene28 min
Feb 15, 11:30 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne7 hr
Feb 15, 11:46 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne44 min
Feb 15, 12:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene28 min
Feb 15, 2:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Wayne52 min
Feb 15, 3:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne41 min
Feb 15, 3:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.