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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 20164 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 5:44 PM CST for 4 counties in Alabama; 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 8 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, 5:44 PM CST (23:44 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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, 5:45 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.
Feb 23, 5:53 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne State Line, AL	A SHED AND STORAGE BUILDING WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED 3/4 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY 56 AND 1 MILE EAST OF THE AL/MS LINE.
Feb 23, 6:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Jackson, AL	TREE ON RESIDENCE AT 155 MAPLE DR.
Feb 23, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Coffeeville, AL	LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY. 69 1 MILE S. OF COFFEEVILLE.
Feb 23, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Jackson, AL	TREE DOWN ON RESIDENCE AT 155 MAPLE DR.
Feb 23, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne Coffeeville, AL	TREE DOWN HWY 154 AT MILE MARKER 6, ACROSS ROAD.

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

774 
WUUS54 KMOB 232344
SVRMOB
ALC023-025-097-129-MSC039-041-111-131-153-240030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0048.160223T2344Z-160224T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 544 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUCKATUNNA TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF FRUITDALE TO NEAR WIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
  JACKSON...WIGGINS...THOMASVILLE...CITRONELLE...LUCEDALE...GROVE HILL...
  CHATOM...LEAKESVILLE...STATE LINE...MILLRY...SILAS...COFFEEVILLE...
  FULTON...MCINTOSH...SAINT STEPHENS...DEER PARK...WHATLEY...WAGARVILLE...
  VINEGAR BEND 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.

&&

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

LAT...LON 3083 8920 3126 8856 3174 8851 3199 8773
      3199 8771 3159 8770 3089 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 245DEG 49KT 3162 8848 3128 8851 3090 8908 

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

BUTTS

1 follow-up statement

918 
WWUS54 KMOB 240016
SVSMOB

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

MSC153-240025-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160224T0030Z/
WAYNE MS-
616 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3083 8920 3126 8856 3144 8850 3144 8845
      3166 8843 3199 8771 3159 8770 3089 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 244DEG 49KT 3180 8804 3146 8807 3110 8865 

$$

ALC023-025-097-129-MSC039-041-111-131-240030-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-160224T0030Z/
MOBILE AL-CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-
PERRY MS-STONE MS-
616 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN MOBILE...SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW...WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE...NORTHERN GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTIES...

AT 615 PM CST...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR COFFEEVILLE TO NEAR WAGARVILLE TO 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
JACKSON...WIGGINS...THOMASVILLE...CITRONELLE...LUCEDALE...GROVE HILL...
CHATOM...LEAKESVILLE...STATE LINE...MILLRY...COFFEEVILLE...FULTON...
MCINTOSH...SAINT STEPHENS...DEER PARK...WHATLEY...WAGARVILLE...VINEGAR
BEND...FRUITDALE AND TIBBIE.

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 SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3083 8920 3126 8856 3144 8850 3144 8845
      3166 8843 3199 8771 3159 8770 3089 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 244DEG 49KT 3180 8804 3146 8807 3110 8865 

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 22, 6:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	38 min
Feb 22, 8:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	39 min
Feb 23, 2:54 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	51 min
Feb 23, 3:30 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		24 hr
Feb 23, 6:46 AM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		5 hr
Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	8 days
Feb 23, 11:42 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	8 days
Feb 23, 12:39 PM CST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	23 hr
Feb 23, 4:45 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Feb 23, 5:13 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		47 min
Feb 23, 5:15 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	45 min
Feb 23, 5:26 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	49 min
Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	62 min
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, 5:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	45 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.