Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 12:17 PM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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
- Mar 17, 2016, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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 nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
277
WUUS54 KMOB 171717
SVRMOB
MSC111-171815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0066.160317T1717Z-160317T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1217 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1217 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MCLAURIN...OR
12 MILES SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT AND NEW AUGUSTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3122 8915 3121 8884 3091 8884 3091 8893
3094 8905 3099 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 277DEG 20KT 3113 8924
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BUTTS4 follow-up statements
568
WWUS54 KMOB 171736
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1236 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
MSC111-171815-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160317T1815Z/
PERRY MS-
1236 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY...
AT 1235 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BROOKLYN...OR
16 MILES NORTH OF WIGGINS...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8915 3117 8884 3091 8884 3091 8893
3095 8904 3101 8914 3111 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 283DEG 33KT 3110 8908
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$668
WWUS54 KMOB 171746
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1246 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
MSC111-171815-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160317T1815Z/
PERRY MS-
1246 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY...
AT 1245 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF BEAUMONT...OR 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3119 8906 3117 8884 3091 8884 3091 8893
3095 8904 3106 8909 3112 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 305DEG 31KT 3107 8899
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$348
WWUS54 KMOB 171758
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1258 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
MSC111-171815-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160317T1815Z/
PERRY MS-
1258 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...
AT 1257 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCLAIN...OR 18
MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BEAUMONT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3118 8892 3116 8884 3091 8884 3091 8893
3102 8899 3114 8900 3118 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 285DEG 27KT 3105 8890
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$832
WWUS54 KMOB 171807
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
107 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
MSC111-171815-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160317T1815Z/
PERRY MS-
107 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...
AT 106 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCLAIN...OR 16
MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3117 8889 3116 8884 3091 8884 3098 8892
3104 8893
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 279DEG 29KT 3104 8884
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 38 min |
| Mar 17, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 64 min |
| Mar 17, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 41 min |
| Mar 17, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 39 min |
| Mar 17, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 24 min |
| Mar 17, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 61 min |
| Mar 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 68 min |
| Mar 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 33 min |
| Mar 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 12 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 33 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.