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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

March 1, 2007Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 1:17 PM CST for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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
Mar 1, 2007, 1:17 PM CST (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2007, 2:00 PM CST
In force
43 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 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
Mar 1, 7:28 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 985 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 312 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
985 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
9.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 011917
TORMOB
MSC041-153-012000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0019.070301T1917Z-070301T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
117 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 200 PM CST

* AT 115 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF
  SAND HILL...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PIAVE BY 125 PM CST...
  SMITHTOWN BY 130 PM CST...
  CHICORA BY 140 PM CST...
  BATTLES...BUCKATUNNA...ROBINSON JUNCTION AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  STATE LINE BY 145 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3141 8847 3140 8845 3132 8882 3132 8882
      3144 8882 3161 8851 3164 8848 3164 8847

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 011936
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
136 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

MSC041-011946-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070301T2000Z/
GREENE MS-
136 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3164 8847 3145 8846 3141 8870 3147 8878
      3171 8848

$$

MSC153-012000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070301T2000Z/
WAYNE MS-
136 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 132 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CHICORA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BUCKATUNNA...ROBINSON JUNCTION...CHICORA AND BATTLES BY 145 PM
  CST...
  DENHAM BY 155 PM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3164 8847 3145 8846 3141 8870 3147 8878
      3171 8848

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 11:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene38 min
Mar 1, 1:55 PM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne4 hr
Mar 1, 4:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne44 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.