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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2016Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 5:44 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2016, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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
Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

928 
WUUS54 KMOB 172244
SVRMOB
MSC041-111-153-172345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0078.160317T2244Z-160317T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 543 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OVETT...OR 8
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELLISVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
  WAYNESBORO AND CLARA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8894 3167 8894 3176 8855 3135 8853
      3143 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 271DEG 29KT 3153 8909 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

1 follow-up statement

992 
WWUS54 KMOB 172333
SVSMOB

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

MSC111-172342-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160317T2345Z/
PERRY MS-
633 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3147 8873 3159 8872 3160 8855 3135 8853
      3139 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 271DEG 29KT 3152 8862 

$$

MSC041-153-172345-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0078.000000T0000Z-160317T2345Z/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
633 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 632 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKATUNNA...OR
10 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3147 8873 3159 8872 3160 8855 3135 8853
      3139 8879
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 271DEG 29KT 3152 8862 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 17, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	58 min
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, 5:59 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.