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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

May 3, 2003George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 3, 2003, 6:23 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2003, 6:23 PM CDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2003, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County George County, MS

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 3, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 12:00Z on 2003-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1897 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2003-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1897 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 032323
TORMOB
MSC039-040000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
623 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEXLEY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LUCEDALE...EVANSTON BY 635 PM CDT
  AGRICOLA BY 650 PM CDT
  MOVELLA BY 655 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.

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 3100 8862 3098 8856 3078 8846 3074 8858
          3100 8869

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne47 min
May 3, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne45 min
May 3, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene28 min
May 3, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene32 min
May 3, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge31 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.