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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2016, 7:17 PM CST for Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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 21, 2016, 7:17 PM CST (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2016, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 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 21, 6:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
907
WUUS54 KMOB 220117
SVRMOB
MSC111-153-220215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0002.160122T0117Z-160122T0215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
717 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 815 PM CST
* AT 717 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MACEDONIA...
OR 8 MILES EAST OF PETAL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR
SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3143 8915 3143 8894 3171 8894 3156 8880
3121 8911 3124 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 220DEG 57KT 3138 8912
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
070
WWUS54 KMOB 220207
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
807 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
MSC111-153-220217-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T0215Z/
WAYNE MS-PERRY MS-
807 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND
NORTHWESTERN PERRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3143 8915 3143 8894 3171 8894 3156 8880
3121 8911 3124 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 220DEG 57KT 3138 8912
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:53 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry, Stone, Wayne | 52 min |
| Jan 21, 7:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 8:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 63 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.