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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 2016Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2016, 4:28 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 6, 2016, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2016, 5:01 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1862 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

146 
WUUS54 KMOB 062128
SVRMOB
MSC153-062215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0161.160706T2128Z-160706T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
428 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 427 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
  WAYNESBORO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
  WAYNESBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8847 3173 8848 3159 8873 3168 8886
      3183 8881 3185 8865 3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 227DEG 20KT 3173 8872 

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

3 follow-up statements

730 
WWUS54 KMOB 062142
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
442 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

MSC153-062215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-160706T2215Z/
WAYNE MS-
442 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES
NORTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...
WAYNESBORO...U.S. HIGHWAY 45 NORTH OF WAYNESBOR....SHUBUTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8847 3173 8848 3159 8873 3168 8886
      3183 8881 3185 8865 3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 230DEG 19KT 3177 8866 

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

963 
WWUS54 KMOB 062148
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
448 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

MSC153-062215-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-160706T2215Z/
WAYNE MS-
448 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 448 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF
WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 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...
U.S. HIGHWAY 45 NORTH OF WAYNESBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8847 3173 8848 3163 8866 3174 8877
      3184 8869 3185 8865 3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 227DEG 20KT 3180 8862 

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

431 
WWUS54 KMOB 062201
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
501 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

MSC153-062211-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0161.000000T0000Z-160706T2215Z/
WAYNE MS-
501 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3183 8847 3173 8848 3163 8866 3174 8877
      3184 8869 3185 8865 3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 227DEG 20KT 3185 8856 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene	40 min
Jul 6, 4:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	40 min
Jul 6, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	41 min
Jul 6, 5:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	50 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.