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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 23, 2016, 6:36 PM CST for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 76 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 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
398
WUUS54 KMOB 240036
SVRMOB
MSC039-041-111-131-240115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0052.160224T0036Z-160224T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
636 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 715 PM CST
* AT 636 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WIGGINS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
WIGGINS...LUCEDALE...LEAKESVILLE...MCLAIN 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.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3090 8925 3091 8923 3091 8914 3098 8914
3131 8864 3113 8843 3086 8842 3075 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 237DEG 41KT 3088 8910
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTTS1 follow-up statement
431
WWUS54 KMOB 240059
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
659 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC039-041-111-131-240115-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-160224T0115Z/
GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-PERRY MS-STONE MS-
659 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CST
FOR GEORGE...SOUTHERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND NORTHEASTERN
STONE COUNTIES...
AT 658 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCLAIN...OR 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUCEDALE...LEAKESVILLE AND MCLAIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3093 8897 3108 8898 3131 8864 3113 8843
3086 8842 3076 8908 3083 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 237DEG 41KT 3102 8885
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTTSThe 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, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 25 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 |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.