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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 10:51 AM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 24 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2007, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Wnw Richton, MS | PERRY COUNTY EMA REPORTS STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 14, 11:10 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Richton, MS | PERRY COUNTY EMA REPORTS 1 HOUSE DESTROYED...1 HOUSE DAMAGED AND 7-8 MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED IN FAR NORTHWEST PERRY COUNTY NEAR THE JONES COUNTY LINE. DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG WHITFIELD ROAD NORTH OF THE RUNNELSTOWN COMMUNITY. |
| Apr 14, 11:13 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 7 Nw Richton, MS | STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BLEW DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN FAR NORTHWEST PERRY COUNTY. SEVERAL MANUFACTURED HOMES WERE DAMAGED...AND ONE WAS TURNED OVER. ONE WOOD FRAME HOUSE WAS DAMAGED. DAMAGE PRIMARILY OCCURRED ALONG WHITFIELD ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 141552 TORMOB MSC111-141615- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.070414T1551Z-070414T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1051 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 1115 AM CDT * AT 1050 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TALLAHALA...OR ABOUT NEAR HATTIESBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RUNNELSTOWN AND TALLAHALA BY 1100 AM CDT... RHODES BY 1110 AM CDT... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHTON BY 1115 AM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. 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. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3143 8914 3123 8914 3129 8883 3144 8883 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 141610 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1109 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 MSC111-141615- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070414T1615Z/ PERRY MS- 1109 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY... AT 1108 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUNNELSTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3143 8914 3123 8914 3129 8883 3144 8883 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 141620 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1120 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 MSC111-141630- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-070414T1615Z/ PERRY MS- 1120 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 AM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3143 8914 3123 8914 3129 8883 3144 8883 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.