Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 11:23 AM CST | HAIL 1 | W Avera, MS | QUARTER 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 10:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 35 min |
| Feb 15, 11:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 11:30 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 44 min |
| Feb 15, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Wayne | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 3:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 31 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.