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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

June 7, 1992Harrison County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1992, 10:16 AM CDT for Harrison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 1992, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1992, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Harrison County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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 1992-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2256 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 1992-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
2256 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 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 071518
TORMOB
MSC047-071600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1016 AM CDT SUN JUN 7 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN HARRISON COUNTY
AT 1012 AM CDT THE GULFPORT MISSISSIPPI POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A
WATERSPOUT IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND BETWEEN GULFPORT AND LONG BEACH
MISSISSIPPI ABOUT ONE-THIRD MILE OFF-SHORE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH
AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND MAY COME ON SHORE AS A TORNADO IN THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES.
 
PERSONS IN THE LONG BEACH/GULFPORT AREA SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS FOR
TORNADIC CONDITIONS NOW.

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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.