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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

October 29, 2002Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2002, 7:24 AM CST for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 7 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2002, 7:24 AM CST (13:24 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2002, 12:15 PM CST
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Stone County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2002-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 896 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2002-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
896 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

535 
WFUS54 KMOB 291324
TORMOB
MSC131-291415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
723 AM CST TUE OCT 29 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 AM CST

* AT 718 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF TEN MILE...MOVING EAST AT 40  
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WIGGINS...PERKINSTON BY 730 AM CST
  WHITES CROSSING BY 740 AM CST
  RAMSEY SPRINGS BY 745 AM CST

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 3084 8932 3074 8930 3076 8889 3092 8893

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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.