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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Mobile, AL

October 16, 2006George County, Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 7:04 PM CDT for George County, Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 16, 2006, 7:29 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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
Oct 16, 5:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 607 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 687 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 463 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 6.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 170006
TORMOB
MSC039-041-170045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0040.061017T0004Z-061017T0045Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 700 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER LUCEDALE...
  AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED   
  OVER SOUTHERN GEORGE COUNTY AND WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FIRST STORM.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  VERNAL BY 710 PM CDT
  PISGAH BY 720 PM CDT
  LEAKESVILLE AND ROUNSAVILLE BY 725 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 3077 8878 3074 8847 3135 8844 3136 8871

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 170029
SVSMOB

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

MSC039-041-170039-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-061017T0045Z/
GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-
729 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN GREENE AND CENTRAL 
GEORGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3077 8878 3074 8847 3135 8844 3136 8871

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 4:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	28 min
Oct 17, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	52 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.