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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 20165 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 5:00 PM CST for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 45 min. 9 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, 5:00 PM CST (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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, 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.
Feb 23, 5:21 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nw Sand Hill, MS	A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BLEW FARM EQUIPMENT AROUND...AN ALUMINUM BOAT INTO A POND...AND A GATE OFF A FENCE. IN ADDITION...TOPS WERE BLOWN OFF SEVERAL LARGE OAK TREES.
Feb 23, 5:25 PM CST	TORNADO	3 Se Avera, MS	A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG MS-63 SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF AVERA. A HOMESTEAD WAS AFFECTED WITH METAL ROOFING MATERIAL FROM A BARN LOFTED INTO AN ADJACENT TREE. A TRAILER WAS ALSO OVERTURNED...WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE MOVED FROM ITS INITIAL POSITION. EF-1 DA
Feb 23, 5:25 PM CST	TORNADO	4 Ne Byrd, MS	BARN DESTROYED ABOUT 1 MILE S. OF NEELY-AVERA RD. AND 1/4 MILE E. OF HWY 63.
Feb 23, 5:32 PM CST	TORNADO	5 E Avera, MS	A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF SHADY HOLLOW ROAD. A COUPLE OF TREES WITH LARGE BRANCHES WERE SHEARED IN A FORESTED AREA SEVERAL DOZEN YARDS TO THE WEST OF THE ROAD. EF-1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AS NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR
Feb 23, 5:40 PM CST	TORNADO	Avera, MS	TORNADO DAMAGE...TREES DOWN BETWEEN AVERA AND KNOBTOWN MS.
Feb 23, 5:45 PM CST	TORNADO	4 W State Line, MS	A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED IN A HEAVILY WOODED AREA NEAR THE GREEN/WAYNE COUNTY LINE. EF-1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AS NUMEROUS LARGE DIAMETER...GREATER THAN 2 FEET...HARDWOOD AND PINE TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED TO A LOG CA
Feb 23, 5:47 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W State Line, MS	TREES AND DEBRIS AT 6 HENDERSON JAMES RD. NEAR GREENE COUNTY LINE.
Feb 23, 5:48 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Sw State Line, MS	TREES DOWN ON STATELINE BATTLES RD. NEAR GREENE COUNTY. RESIDENTS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF DRIVEWAY.

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 PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WUUS54 KMOB 232300
SVRMOB
MSC039-041-111-131-153-232345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0047.160223T2300Z-160223T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
500 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 459 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHTON TO NEAR BEAUMONT TO 8
  MILES EAST OF MAXIE TO 10 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 40 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...LUCEDALE...RICHTON...LEAKESVILLE...BEAUMONT...NEW AUGUSTA...
  STATE LINE...MCLAIN...BUCKATUNNA AND CLARA.

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.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3091 8934 3091 8914 3106 8915 3110 8909
      3147 8892 3172 8847 3121 8844 3083 8857
      3079 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 238DEG 33KT 3145 8882 3112 8898 3097 8905 3085
8932

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

2 follow-up statements

025 
WWUS54 KMOB 232314
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
514 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC039-041-111-131-153-232345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160223T2345Z/
GEORGE MS-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-PERRY MS-STONE MS-
514 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGE...SOUTHERN WAYNE...GREENE...PERRY AND
NORTHERN STONE COUNTIES...

AT 513 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLARA TO NEAR BEAUMONT TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MCLAIN TO NEAR MAXIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...LUCEDALE...LEAKESVILLE...BEAUMONT...STATE LINE...MCLAIN...
BUCKATUNNA AND CLARA.

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 3106 8915 3110 8909
      3120 8896 3147 8892 3172 8847 3121 8844
      3083 8857 3079 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 238DEG 33KT 3152 8869 3119 8885 3104 8892 3092
8919

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

595 
WWUS54 KMOB 232330
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC039-041-111-131-153-232345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-160223T2345Z/
GEORGE MS-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-PERRY MS-STONE MS-
530 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...GREENE...SOUTHERN
PERRY AND NORTHERN STONE COUNTIES...

AT 529 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BUCKATUNNA TO 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE TO
NEAR MCLAIN TO 11 MILES EAST OF MAXIE...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...LUCEDALE...LEAKESVILLE...BEAUMONT...STATE LINE...MCLAIN AND
BUCKATUNNA.

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 3106 8915 3110 8909
      3120 8896 3133 8879 3172 8847 3121 8844
      3083 8857 3079 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 291DEG 25KT 3158 8850 3125 8866 3110 8873 3098
8900

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

BUTTS

The 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, 4:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Stone	52 min
Feb 23, 4:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	46 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

Nearby

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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.