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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL

June 30, 2003George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2003, 9:17 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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: Jun 30, 2003, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 30, 3:35 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 428 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 150 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.

853 
WFUS54 KMOB 010217
TORMOB
MSC039-041-010300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
917 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 913 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AVENT...AVENT STATION BY 925 PM CDT
  VERNAL...LEAF BY 930 PM CDT
  ROYCE BY 935 PM CDT
  PISGAH BY 940 PM CDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...
ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER NOW.
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET.

CALL 1-800-284-9054 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

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 3075 8882 3075 8843 3135 8846 3133 8882

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 9:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	George, Perry, Stone	6 hr
Jun 30, 10:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene	47 min
Jul 1, 12:22 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	4 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.