Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 4:08 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 52 min. 2 reports 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 23, 2016, 4:08 PM CST (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 23, 4:45 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | New Augusta, MS | SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD CROSSING HWY 98 E OF NEW AGUSTA. COULD NOT CONFIRM ON THE GROUND OR NOT. |
| Feb 23, 5:08 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Richton, MS | MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON GAINES BREWER ROAD. A SMALL GREENHOUSE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 23, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
571
WUUS54 KMOB 232208
SVRMOB
MSC041-111-131-232300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0046.160223T2208Z-160223T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
408 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 500 PM CST
* AT 408 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF IMPROVE TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
LUMBERTON TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCNEIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
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...
WIGGINS...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...MCHENRY AND PERKINSTON.
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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3091 8934 3091 8914 3143 8915 3143 8877
3137 8875 3068 8908 3068 8924 3065 8925
3065 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 229DEG 49KT 3126 8956 3089 8942 3061 8972
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BUTTS2 follow-up statements
198
WWUS54 KMOB 232225
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC041-111-131-232300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160223T2300Z/
GREENE MS-PERRY MS-STONE MS-
425 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE...PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...
AT 424 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SUNRISE TO 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUMBERTON TO 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF POPLARVILLE TO NEAR MCNEIL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WIGGINS...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...MCHENRY AND PERKINSTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3091 8934 3091 8914 3143 8915 3143 8877
3137 8875 3068 8908 3068 8924 3065 8925
3065 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 265DEG 29KT 3125 8919 3088 8938 3070 8944 3063
8967
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BUTTS584
WWUS54 KMOB 232247
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
447 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC041-111-131-232300-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160223T2300Z/
GREENE MS-PERRY MS-STONE MS-
447 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE...PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...
AT 447 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF RICHTON TO 6 MILES EAST OF BROOKLYN
TO NEAR WIGGINS TO 9 MILES EAST OF POPLARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WIGGINS...RICHTON...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...MCHENRY AND PERKINSTON.
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.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3091 8934 3091 8914 3143 8915 3143 8877
3137 8875 3068 8908 3068 8924 3065 8925
3065 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 229DEG 52KT 3146 8889 3109 8909 3091 8915 3084
8938
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 7 days |
| Feb 23, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 38 min |
| Feb 23, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 45 min |
| Feb 23, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 49 min |
| Feb 23, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 62 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.