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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 6:35 PM CST for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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: Feb 23, 2016, 6:35 PM CST (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 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

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

739 
WUUS54 KMOB 240035
SVRMOB
ALC129-MSC041-153-240100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0051.160224T0035Z-160224T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST

* AT 635 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
  FRUITDALE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65
  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...
  CHATOM...STATE LINE...MILLRY AND FRUITDALE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3120 8856 3134 8869 3165 8830 3144 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 232DEG 55KT 3133 8855 

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

1 follow-up statement

578 
WWUS54 KMOB 240047
SVSMOB

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

ALC129-MSC041-153-240100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0051.000000T0000Z-160224T0100Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
647 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN
GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 646 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE LINE...OR
7 MILES WEST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 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...
CHATOM...STATE LINE...MILLRY AND FRUITDALE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3120 8856 3134 8869 3165 8830 3144 8811
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 232DEG 55KT 3144 8838 

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

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Feb 23, 6:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	39 min
Feb 23, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Wayne	43 min
Feb 23, 7:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	George, Greene	116 min
Feb 24, 12:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	76 min
Feb 24, 8:25 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Jackson	5 days
Feb 24, 12:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	4 days
Feb 23, 6:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
Feb 23, 6:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	50 min
Feb 23, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	11 min
Feb 23, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	44 min
Feb 23, 6:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Feb 23, 7:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin	62 min
Feb 23, 7:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	46 min
Feb 23, 7:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Feb 23, 7:27 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Feb 23, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 8:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	21 min
Feb 23, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	39 min
Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		15 min
Feb 23, 8:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		32 min
Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 8:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	22 min
Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	34 min
Feb 23, 9:57 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Feb 24, 3:59 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		17 hr
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	4 days
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	8 days

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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.