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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

January 24, 1997Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 1997, 5:05 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 1997, 5:05 AM CST (11:05 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 1997, 5:45 AM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 1997-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 241106 RRA
TORMOB
MSC153-241145-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
505 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 505 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MOBILE INDICATED A
POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF WHISTLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL MOVE NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO AND AFFECT HIWANEE BY 520 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
Jan 24, 4:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone69 min
Jan 24, 4:59 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBPerry61 min
Jan 24, 5:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene56 min
Jan 24, 5:13 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Stone62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.