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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 2021, 6:20 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne 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
- Mar 25, 2021, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1775 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.6
- Supercell composite
- 21.9
The text
As transmitted.
569
WUUS54 KMOB 252320
SVRMOB
ALC023-MSC153-260000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0032.210325T2320Z-210326T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
620 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 620 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles southeast
of Goodwater, or 11 miles south of Quitman, moving northeast at 55
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.
* Locations impacted include...
Butler, Lisman, Silas, Pennington, Gilbertown and Toxey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3218 8801 3214 8804 3209 8805 3205 8812
3201 8811 3198 8807 3196 8807 3197 8809
3195 8812 3193 8808 3190 8813 3182 8818
3179 8817 3165 8894 3182 8894 3185 8865
3190 8847 3221 8843 3224 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 240DEG 49KT 3188 8877
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
874
WWUS54 KMOB 252337
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
637 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
ALC023-MSC153-260000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210326T0000Z/
Choctaw AL-Wayne MS-
637 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Crandall, or 13
miles east of Quitman, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Butler, Lisman, Pennington, Gilbertown and Toxey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3218 8801 3214 8804 3209 8805 3205 8812
3201 8811 3198 8807 3196 8807 3197 8809
3195 8812 3193 8808 3190 8813 3182 8818
3179 8817 3179 8880 3185 8865 3190 8847
3221 8843 3224 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 251DEG 53KT 3197 8851
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$838
WWUS54 KMOB 252350
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
650 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
MSC153-252359-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210326T0000Z/
Wayne MS-
650 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned
area.Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3218 8801 3214 8804 3209 8805 3205 8812
3201 8812 3198 8807 3196 8807 3197 8809
3195 8812 3192 8809 3190 8813 3182 8818
3179 8817 3179 8847 3190 8847 3190 8846
3221 8843 3224 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 258DEG 42KT 3222 8818 3204 8829 3189 8848
$$
ALC023-260000-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210326T0000Z/
Choctaw AL-
650 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY...
At 649 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northeast of Lisman to 5 miles southwest of
Butler to 6 miles southeast of Crandall, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Butler, Lisman, Pennington, Gilbertown and Toxey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3218 8801 3214 8804 3209 8805 3205 8812
3201 8812 3198 8807 3196 8807 3197 8809
3195 8812 3192 8809 3190 8813 3182 8818
3179 8817 3179 8847 3190 8847 3190 8846
3221 8843 3224 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 258DEG 42KT 3222 8818 3204 8829 3189 8848
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 24, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 24, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 43 min |
| Mar 25, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 49 min |
| Mar 25, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Mar 25, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Mar 25, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 50 min |
| Mar 25, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 40 min |
| Mar 25, 7:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 24 min |
| Mar 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 60 min |
| Mar 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 4 hr |
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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.