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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Mobile, AL

October 27, 2006George County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2006, 6:30 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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 27, 2006, 6:30 AM CDT (11:30 UTC)
Expired: Oct 27, 2006, 7:03 AM CDT
In force: 33 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), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 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 nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 271130
TORMOB
MSC039-271215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0043.061027T1130Z-061027T1215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
630 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 628 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BASIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BASIN BY 645 AM CDT
  EVANSTON AND LUCEDALE BY 655 AM CDT
  SHIPMAN BY 700 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3087 8843 3074 8865 3075 8866 3075 8886
      3080 8886 3083 8883 3084 8879 3099 8853
      3099 8843

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 271140
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
639 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006

MSC039-271215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-061027T1215Z/
GEORGE MS-
639 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR GEORGE COUNTY...

AT 636 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF
BASIN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LUCEDALE AND EVANSTON BY 650 AM CDT
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHIPMAN BY 655 AM CDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING  
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3088 8846 3074 8865 3075 8866 3075 8886
      3080 8886 3083 8883 3084 8879 3099 8853
      3099 8843

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 271203
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
704 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006

MSC039-271214-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0043.000000T0000Z-061027T1215Z/
GEORGE MS-
704 AM CDT FRI OCT 27 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GEORGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FRIDAY FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3088 8846 3074 8865 3075 8866 3075 8886
      3080 8886 3083 8883 3084 8879 3099 8853
      3099 8843

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 27, 8:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Stone	52 min
Oct 27, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	31 min
Oct 27, 9:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	42 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.