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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

June 11, 2001George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 6:48 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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
Jun 11, 2001, 6:48 AM CDT (11:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County George County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 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 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

598 
WFUS54 KMOB 111148
TORMOB
MSC039-111215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
648 AM CDT MON JUN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 643 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LUCEDALE AND EVANSTON BY 700 AM 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 3090 8876 3082 8873 3088 8843 3100 8849

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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.