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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

October 7, 2017Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at Oct 7, 2017, 3:21 PM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 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
Oct 7, 2017, 3:21 PM CDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2017-10-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1577 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 2017-10-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

345 
WWUS84 KMOB 072021
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
321 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
 
MSZ075-076-072045-
Perry MS-Greene MS-
321 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...CENTRAL
PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

At 321 PM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located over McLain, or 14
miles west of Leakesville, moving northwest at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Richton, Beaumont, New Augusta and McLain. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3142 8899 3117 8866 3102 8878 3118 8915
      3122 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 124DEG 25KT 3114 8880 

$$

05/RR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 9:36 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin3 days
Oct 6, 9:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin66 hr
Oct 7, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin60 hr
Oct 7, 1:36 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB39 min
Oct 7, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin29 min
Oct 7, 2:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin35 min
Oct 7, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Oct 7, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin43 min
Oct 7, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington33 min
Oct 7, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB59 min
Oct 7, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin16 min
Oct 7, 6:57 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB48 min
Oct 7, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry27 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.