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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Mobile, AL

April 23, 2020Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2020, 5:35 AM CDT for Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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
Apr 23, 2020, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2020, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 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
Apr 23, 4:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 2020-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 00:00Z on 2020-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 337 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-206 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
666 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

054 
WUUS54 KMOB 231035
SVRMOB
MSC111-131-231115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0113.200423T1035Z-200423T1115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
535 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2020

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 615 AM CDT.

* At 534 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 miles southeast of Lumberton to 9 miles south of
  Poplarville, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Wiggins and Perkinston. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3091 8934 3091 8914 3103 8914 3107 8889
      3078 8888 3072 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 256DEG 31KT 3090 8936 3071 8949 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
458 
WWUS54 KMOB 231057
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
557 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2020

MSC111-131-231115-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-200423T1115Z/
Perry MS-Stone MS-
557 AM CDT Thu Apr 23 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...

At 557 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 10 miles southwest of McLain to 6 miles west of
Perkinston, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Wiggins and Perkinston. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3090 8934 3090 8914 3102 8914 3106 8889
      3078 8888 3072 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1057Z 257DEG 35KT 3098 8890 3078 8925 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne49 min
Apr 23, 4:32 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBWayne28 min
Apr 23, 4:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne50 min
Apr 23, 5:19 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne12 min
Apr 23, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone42 min
Apr 23, 6:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge34 min
Apr 23, 6:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGeorge, Stone24 min
Apr 23, 7:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge3 hr
Apr 23, 7:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge49 min
Apr 23, 11:01 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry6 days
Apr 23, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne50 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.