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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

January 21, 2017Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 21, 2017, 3:07 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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
Jan 21, 2017, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2017, 3:30 AM CST
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 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
Jan 20, 11:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2017-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2017-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

239 
WUUS54 KMOB 210907
SVRMOB
MSC153-210930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0024.170121T0907Z-170121T0930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
307 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 330 AM CST

* At 307 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northwest
  of Waynesboro, moving northeast at 45 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. 

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Wayne County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM CST for southeastern
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3183 8887 3183 8876 3185 8865 3189 8847
      3182 8847 3165 8883 3176 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 0907Z 221DEG 40KT 3176 8876 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 2:55 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne35 min
Jan 21, 3:52 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBPerry, Wayne38 min
Jan 21, 4:03 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne42 min
Jan 21, 4:24 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne51 min
Jan 21, 4:24 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne21 min
Jan 21, 1:14 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry5 days

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.