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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2016George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 12:52 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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
Mar 17, 2016, 12:52 PM CDT (17:52 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:51 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 1:15 PM CDTHAIL 11 E Mclain, MS
Mar 17, 1:29 PM CDTHAIL 12 N Bexley, MSMARBLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 98 AT THE GEORGE/GREENE COUNTY LINE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1853 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2016-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

946 
WUUS54 KMOB 171752
SVRMOB
MSC039-041-171830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0067.160317T1752Z-160317T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1252 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1251 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  BEAUMONT...OR 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
  MCLAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3116 8884 3112 8857 3099 8857 3084 8866
      3089 8880 3091 8884 3091 8883 3097 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 294DEG 26KT 3106 8896 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
690 
WWUS54 KMOB 171817
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
117 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC039-041-171830-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160317T1830Z/
GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-
117 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGE AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 116 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MCLAIN...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING EAST AT 30
TO 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...
MCLAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3116 8884 3112 8857 3099 8857 3087 8864
      3091 8876 3097 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 285DEG 22KT 3102 8878 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
708 
WWUS54 KMOB 171819
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
119 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

MSC039-041-171830-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0067.000000T0000Z-160317T1830Z/
GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-
119 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGE AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 119 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MCLAIN...OR 10 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
NORTHWESTERN GEORGE AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3115 8879 3112 8857 3099 8857 3087 8864
      3091 8876 3097 8884 3105 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 291DEG 30KT 3101 8874 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 12:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry58 min
Mar 17, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge46 min
Mar 17, 1:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene47 min
Mar 17, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry35 min
Mar 17, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene64 min
Mar 17, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne41 min
Mar 17, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry45 min
Mar 17, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Wayne39 min
Mar 17, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne24 min
Mar 17, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge44 min
Mar 17, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne61 min
Mar 17, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone47 min
Mar 17, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge68 min
Mar 17, 6:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene33 min
Mar 17, 6:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne12 hr
Mar 17, 6:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne33 hr
Mar 17, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene55 min
Mar 17, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge31 min
Mar 17, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone33 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.