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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

May 9, 1995George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 5:43 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 5:43 AM CDT (10:43 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County George County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2084 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 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 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
2084 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
15.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 091046
TORMOB
MSC039-091145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
543 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...GEORGE COUNTY
 
AT 545 AM CDT...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 7
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF BENNDALE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR LUCEDALE BY 610 AM.
 
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
May 9, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone45 min
May 9, 6:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone3 hr
May 9, 6:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone30 min
May 9, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge50 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.