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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

February 4, 1986Forrest County, Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 4, 1986, 4:05 PM CST for Forrest County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 1986, 4:05 PM CST (22:05 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 1986, 5:00 PM CST
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forrest County, MS, Perry County, MS

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 4, 4:20 PM CSTThunderstorm Wind 0Forrest, MS

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 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 1986-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1986-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 211 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
646 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 042205
TORMOB
MSC035-111-042300-

BULLETIN..EBS..ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE, AL.
405 PM CST TUE FEB 4 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES OF
FORREST AND PERRY.

RESIDENTS SIGHTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EAST FORREST COUNTY MISSISSIPPI
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...YOU SHOULD G7O TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THE STORM PASSES TO THE EAST.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.