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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Mobile, AL

March 17, 2016George County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 17, 2016, 7:23 PM CDT for George County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties George County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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
Mar 17, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 761 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2016-03-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

As transmitted.

268 
WUUS54 KMOB 180023 RRA
SVRMOB
MSC039-131-180100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0084.160318T0023Z-160318T0100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  EASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 722 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF
  PERKINSTON...OR 14 MILES EAST OF WIGGINS...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...
  LUCEDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3091 8893 3090 8859 3074 8860 3073 8888
      3068 8889 3068 8902
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 291DEG 31KT 3079 8890 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
280 
WWUS54 KMOB 180047
SVSMOB

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

MSC131-180057-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160318T0100Z/
STONE MS-
747 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN STONE 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 3090 8859 3074 8860 3073 8884 3079 8880
      3091 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 291DEG 31KT 3071 8866 

$$

MSC039-180100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0084.000000T0000Z-160318T0100Z/
GEORGE MS-
747 PM CDT THU MAR 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY...

AT 747 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WADE...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF LUCEDALE...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...
LUCEDALE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3090 8859 3074 8860 3073 8884 3079 8880
      3091 8878
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 291DEG 31KT 3071 8866 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone25 min
Mar 17, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge45 min
Mar 17, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge37 min
Mar 17, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge45 min
Mar 18, 5:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne50 min

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.