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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

April 3, 2001Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2001, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2001, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wayne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 868 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 12:00Z on 2001-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 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
868 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
385 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 032346
TORMOB

MSC153-040015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
645 PM CDT TUE APR 3 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 641 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF HIWANNEE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.     
  THIS UPGRADES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOICE BY 655 PM CDT
  WOODWARDS...WAYNESBORO BY 700 PM CDT
  GRETNA BY 710 PM CDT
  DENHAM...WINCHESTER BY 715 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...ABANDON VEHICLES AND TRAILER
HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3193 8874 3178 8886 3154 8849 3176 8848

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2001Every tornado warning in 2001Tornadoes in 2001

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.