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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

April 6, 2003Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2003, 9:37 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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
Apr 6, 2003, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2003, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 614 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2003-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 417 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
614 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
582 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
7.7

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The text

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

442 
WFUS54 KMOB 070237
TORMOB
MSC153-070330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
937 PM CDT SUN APR 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 937 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 28 MILES WEST OF EUCUTTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EUCUTTA...WHISTLER BY 1025 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE
TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3186 8944 3168 8943 3167 8848 3190 8849

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne65 min
Apr 7, 11:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone38 min
Apr 7, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBStone51 min
Apr 7, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBStone108 min
Apr 7, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge17 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.