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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

March 1, 1994Jackson County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 1994, 11:46 AM CST for Jackson County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 1994, 11:46 AM CST (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1994, 12:30 PM CST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 327 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
421 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 011749
TORMOB
MSC059-011830-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1146 AM CST TUE MAR 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
 
AT 1148 PM CST A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR VANCLEAVE MISSISSIPPI.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 8:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHancock, Harrison65 min
Mar 1, 9:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBJackson68 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.