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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Mobile, AL

March 27, 2017Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2017, 7:11 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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 27, 2017, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
49 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 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 27, 7:14 PM CDTHAIL 1Sse Eucutta, MSQUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR EUCUTTA MS.
Mar 27, 7:41 PM CDTHAIL 0.25Ne Hiwannee, MSPEA-SIZED HAIL REPORTED IN HIWANNEE, MS.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2017-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1116 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2017-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1116 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

181 
WUUS54 KMOB 280011
SVRMOB
MSC153-280100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0094.170328T0011Z-170328T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
711 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 800 PM CDT

* At 711 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Goodwater, or
  15 miles northwest of Waynesboro, moving east at 30 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8876 3185 8865 3189 8847 3171 8847
      3174 8894 3182 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 264DEG 25KT 3182 8885 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
700 
WWUS54 KMOB 280024
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
724 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017

MSC153-280100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-170328T0100Z/
Wayne MS-
724 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...

At 723 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Goodwater, or 10 miles northwest of Waynesboro, moving east at 25
mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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
northern Wayne County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8876 3185 8865 3189 8847 3171 8847
      3174 8890 3182 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 268DEG 23KT 3179 8877 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
204 
WWUS54 KMOB 280035
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
735 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017

MSC153-280100-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-170328T0100Z/
Wayne MS-
735 PM CDT MON MAR 27 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...

At 735 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of
Waynesboro, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong 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
northern Wayne County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8876 3185 8865 3189 8847 3171 8847
      3174 8883 3182 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 270DEG 21KT 3177 8869 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne22 min
Mar 27, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne48 min
Mar 27, 8:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.