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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

February 17, 1992Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 17, 1992, 3:48 AM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 1992, 3:48 AM CST (09:48 UTC)
Expired
Feb 17, 1992, 4:45 AM CST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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 1992-02-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 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 00:00Z on 1992-02-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 170949
TORMOB
MSC059-171045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
348 AM CST MON FEB 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 340 AM BILOXI POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO HAD TOUCHED DOWN
ON U.S. HIGHWAY 90 IN BILOXI. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THIS TORNADO WAS
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WAS MOVING INTO JACKSON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI
NEAR OCEAN SPRINGS.
 
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 AVAILABLE...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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 1:18 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBJackson57 min
Feb 17, 2:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHancock, Harrison67 min

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.