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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL

October 26, 2003Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 26, 2003, 4:08 AM CST for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 22 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
Oct 26, 2003, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 26, 2003, 4:30 AM CST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 26, 2:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2003-10-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1569 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 2003-10-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 261008
TORMOB
MSC041-261030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
407 AM CST SUN OCT 26 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 430 AM CST

* AT 402 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF VERNAL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PISGAH BY 425 AM CST
  LEAKESVILLE...ROUNSAVILLE BY 430 AM CST

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 1-800-284-9059 TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 3102 8867 3100 8848 3118 8844 3132 8844
          3133 8863

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 2:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry, Stone38 min
Oct 26, 3:47 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene28 min
Oct 26, 3:56 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge34 min
Oct 26, 4:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.