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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 9, 2022, 1:11 PM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 14 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
Jan 9, 2022, 1:11 PM CST (19:11 UTC)
Expired
Jan 9, 2022, 1:25 PM CST
In force
14 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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
Jan 9, 10:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2022-01-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 423 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2022-01-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
452 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted.

006 
WUUS54 KMOB 091911
SVRMOB
ALC023-MSC153-092000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0002.220109T1911Z-220109T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
111 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 200 PM CST.

* At 111 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Waynesboro, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Silas and Gilbertown. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8885 3171 8888 3192 8841 3192 8833
      3186 8828 3176 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 248DEG 35KT 3172 8878 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
639 
WWUS54 KMOB 091925
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
125 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

ALC023-MSC153-091935-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-220109T2000Z/
Choctaw AL-Wayne MS-
125 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3166 8885 3171 8888 3192 8841 3192 8833
      3186 8828 3176 8826
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 248DEG 35KT 3177 8862 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 9, 3:04 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB57 hr
Jan 9, 12:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw54 min
Jan 9, 1:02 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Jan 9, 1:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington46 min
Jan 9, 1:49 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington41 min
Jan 9, 1:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington48 min
Jan 9, 2:16 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington29 min
Jan 9, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington41 min
Jan 9, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington46 min
Jan 9, 2:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke14 min
Jan 9, 2:51 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox39 min
Jan 9, 2:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox48 min
Jan 9, 3:19 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Monroe41 min
Jan 9, 3:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe36 min
Jan 9, 3:36 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler39 min
Jan 9, 3:50 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe25 min
Jan 9, 4:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh47 min
Jan 9, 4:16 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw11 min
Jan 9, 4:25 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington50 min
Jan 9, 4:40 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWashington65 min
Jan 9, 4:42 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw18 min
Jan 9, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington43 min
Jan 9, 4:56 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington49 min
Jan 9, 5:28 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw47 min
Jan 9, 12:55 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne50 min
Jan 9, 1:14 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne46 min
Jan 9, 1:43 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry47 min
Jan 9, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne23 min
Jan 9, 2:02 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone43 min
Jan 9, 4:26 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone49 min
Jan 9, 4:32 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBGeorge43 min
Jan 9, 5:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Stone54 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.