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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

March 25, 1994Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 1994, 12:45 AM CST for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 1994, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 1994, 1:20 AM CST
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Perry County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2299 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 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
2299 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 250644
TORMOB
MSC111-250730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1245 AM CST FRI MAR 25 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY
 
AT 1243 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO PERRY COUNTY WEST OF
JANICE WITHIN THE NEXT 15 MINUTES...AND MOVE EASTWARD NEAR JANICE...OAK
GROVE AND TAYLOR HILL OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM NEED TO TAKE COVER NOW!
 
A TORNADO WAS SIGHTED WITH THIS STORM AT INTERSTATE 59 AT THE LUMBERTON
BRIDGE IN SOUTHEAST LAMAR COUNTY. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 12:16 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPearl River44 min
Mar 25, 1:01 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBStone19 min
Mar 25, 1:08 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBGeorge52 min
Mar 25, 1:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHancock, Pearl River64 min
Mar 25, 2:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHarrison51 min

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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.