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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 2006Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 4:26 AM CST for Perry 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: Nov 15, 2006, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 4:58 AM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 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
Nov 15, 1:59 AM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 357 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 467 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 151026
TORMOB
MSC111-151115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0047.061115T1026Z-061115T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
426 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 515 AM CST

* AT 421 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
  BELLEVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WINGATE BY 435 AM CST
  HINTONVILLE BY 440 AM CST
  RICHTON BY 445 AM CST

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 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3120 8927 3113 8918 3120 8884 3143 8884
      3143 8899

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151046
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
446 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

MSC111-151115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-061115T1115Z/
PERRY MS-
446 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CST FOR NORTHEASTERN
PERRY COUNTY...

AT 444 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HINTONVILLE...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3117 8898 3116 8883 3143 8884 3143 8899

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151058
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

MSC111-151104-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-061115T1115Z/
PERRY MS-
457 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

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

AT 457 AM CST...NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 
POTENTIAL TORNADO-PRODUCING STORM HAS SINCE MOVED EAST INTO GREENE 
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3117 8898 3116 8883 3143 8884 3143 8899

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 6:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Stone	30 min
Nov 14, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Stone	26 min
Nov 15, 2:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	46 min
Nov 15, 2:42 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	10 hr
Nov 15, 3:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	63 min
Nov 15, 4:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene	45 min
Nov 15, 5:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	George	59 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2006 Every tornado warning in 2006 Tornadoes in 2006

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.