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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 20164 counties in Mississippi

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 23, 2:13 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

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
 
$$

BUTTS
1 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
 
$$

BUTTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne3 hr
Feb 23, 6:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne25 min
Feb 23, 7:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne43 min
Feb 23, 7:34 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene116 min
Feb 24, 12:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne76 min
Feb 24, 8:25 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Jackson5 days
Feb 24, 12:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry4 days

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.