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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

June 3, 1989Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1989, 2:44 PM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1989, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 1989, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The radar

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

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 1989-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1478 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1989-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 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 031946
TORMOB
MSC047-032015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
244 PM CDT SAT JUN 3 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
          ...NORTHERN HARRISON
 
AT 225 PM CDT HARRISON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
WEST OF SAUCIER IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
 
AT 242 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSIFING THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SAUCIER MISSISSIPPI THAT MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
 
PERSONS IN NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD BE
ON THE ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO UNTIL 315 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS OAVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.