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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

April 21, 1995Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1995, 2:05 AM CDT for Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1995, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 1995-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2256 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
12.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 210706
TORMOB
MSC111-131-210745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
205 AM CDT FRI APR 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...PERRY COUNTY...STONE COUNTY
 
AT 204 AM THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR WIGGINS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY BY 220 AM.
 
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND VIF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 21, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne48 min
Apr 21, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry55 min
Apr 21, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone45 min
Apr 21, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge60 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.