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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

October 19, 2004George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 19, 2004, 6:58 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 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 19, 2004, 6:58 AM CDT (11:58 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2004, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County George County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 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 00:00Z on 2004-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2494 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 00:00Z on 2004-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 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
2494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
9.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 191158
TORMOB
MSC039-191230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
657 AM CDT TUE OCT 19 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 649 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY AT 710 AM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3096 8868 3090 8864 3095 8851 3099 8854

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 19, 7:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene40 min

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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.