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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Mobile, AL

November 11, 2002Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2002, 6:09 PM CST for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
Nov 11, 2002, 6:09 PM CST (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 19, 2002, 2:15 PM CST
In force
38 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 82 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 00:00Z on 2002-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
82 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

028 
WFUS54 KMOB 120009
TORMOB
MSC041-120045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
609 PM CST MON NOV 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CST

* AT 606 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF LEAF...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LEAF...ROYCE BY 615 PM CST
  NEELY BY 625 PM CST
  VERNAL BY 635 PM CST
  LEAKESVILLE...JONATHAN BY 645 PM 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.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3118 8882 3102 8882 3102 8853 3125 8853

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.