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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL

October 16, 2006Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 6:50 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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 16, 2006, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
40 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 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 16, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 12:00Z on 2006-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 81 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2006-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
81 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
526 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 162350
TORMOB
MSC041-170030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0037.061016T2350Z-061017T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
650 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
  VERNAL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LEAKESVILLE AND 6 MILES EAST OF NEELY BY 700 PM CDT
  JONATHAN BY 705 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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3101 8882 3100 8854 3144 8854 3144 8882

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 170027
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
725 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

MSC041-170035-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-061017T0030Z/
GREENE MS-
725 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730 PM 
CDT...

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY CONTINUES UNTIL 
745 PM THIS EVENING...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3101 8882 3100 8854 3144 8854 3144 8882

$$

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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.