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Special Weather Statement, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 2021Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2021, 2:40 AM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 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
May 10, 2021, 2:40 AM CDT (07:40 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2021-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 2021-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted.

319 
WWUS84 KMOB 100740
SPSMOB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
240 AM CDT Mon May 10 2021
 
MSZ067-075-076-100830-
Perry MS-Greene MS-Wayne MS-
240 AM CDT Mon May 10 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NORTHERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES
UNTIL 330 AM CDT...

At 240 AM CDT, the strong thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast
of Sunrise, or 7 miles southeast of Petal, moving east at 40 mph.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3137 8915 3144 8900 3143 8894 3146 8894
      3156 8872 3121 8865 3113 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0740Z 255DEG 33KT 3127 8915 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 3:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington41 min
May 10, 3:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington46 min
May 10, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min
May 10, 5:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile49 min
May 10, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington59 min
May 10, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
May 10, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
May 10, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
May 10, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBOkaloosa44 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.