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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2016George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 6:44 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 17, 7:05 PM CDTHAIL 1Lucedale, MSPUBLIC REPORTS DIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN LUCEDALE AT THE WALMART.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

964 
WUUS54 KMOB 172344
SVRMOB
MSC039-180015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0081.160317T2344Z-160318T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 644 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF
  LUCEDALE...MOVING EAST AT 20 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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3090 8887 3091 8884 3092 8883 3100 8866
      3100 8857 3078 8849 3073 8883 3074 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 253DEG 19KT 3085 8882 

HAIL...1.00IN
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, 12:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene38 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, 6:57 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.