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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

February 11, 2021Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 11, 2021, 12:26 PM CST for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 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
Feb 11, 2021, 12:26 PM CST (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 11, 2021, 1:00 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2021-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1397 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 2021-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 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
1397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
7.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

866 
WUUS54 KMOB 111826
SVRMOB
MSC131-111900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0002.210211T1826Z-210211T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1226 PM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 100 PM CST.

* At 1225 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
  Saucier, or 16 miles north of Diamondhead, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  McHenry.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 8900 3068 8896 3068 8924 3065 8924
      3065 8934 3070 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 259DEG 34KT 3061 8929 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
570 
WWUS54 KMOB 111843
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1243 PM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

MSC131-111900-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210211T1900Z/
Stone MS-
1243 PM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY...

At 1242 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Saucier, or 15
miles south of Wiggins, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
McHenry.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3076 8900 3068 8896 3068 8924 3072 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 259DEG 34KT 3064 8910 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
689 
WWUS54 KMOB 111850
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1250 PM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

MSC131-111900-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210211T1900Z/
Stone MS-
1250 PM CST Thu Feb 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 100 PM CST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3076 8900 3068 8896 3068 8924 3072 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 259DEG 34KT 3065 8903 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 5:18 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge42 min
Feb 11, 5:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene46 min
Feb 11, 6:42 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene48 min
Feb 11, 10:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene, Perry52 min
Feb 11, 11:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGreene, Wayne48 min
Feb 11, 12:12 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone48 min
Feb 11, 12:48 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone57 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.