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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

April 22, 2005Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2005, 7:48 PM CDT for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 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 22, 2005, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Apr 22, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 22, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 2091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.4
Supercell composite: 7.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 230049
TORMOB
MSC041-153-230115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.050423T0048Z-050423T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
748 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 746 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER MULBERRY...
  AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SMITHTOWN AND PIAVE BY 800 PM 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.

LAT...LON 3163 8884 3148 8894 3124 8851 3145 8844

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 230107
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
805 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

MSC041-153-230115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050423T0115Z/
GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
805 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN GREENE 
COUNTY...

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE 
COUNTY...

AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE TORNADO 
PRODUCING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PIAVE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  THE TORNADO HAS MOVED 
OUT OF WAYNE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED 
FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY...BUT CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY 
UNTIL 815 PM.

THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PIAVE AND SMITHTOWN BY 800 PM CDT

LAT...LON 3163 8884 3148 8894 3124 8851 3145 8844

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	64 min
Apr 22, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	44 min
Apr 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	30 min
Apr 22, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	63 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.