Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 17, 2007, 9:26 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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 17, 2007, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 180227
TORMOB
MSC153-180315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0039.071018T0226Z-071018T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
926 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 922 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ABOUT 12
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
STRENGTHFORD BY 935 PM CDT...
WHISTLER BY 950 PM CDT...
EUCUTTA BY 955 PM CDT...
HIWANNEE BY 1010 PM CDT...
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.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3187 8853 3149 8892 3150 8894 3179 8894
3184 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 218DEG 25KT 3161 8896
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 180255
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
955 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
MSC153-180315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-071018T0315Z/
WAYNE MS-
955 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WHISTLER...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOICE BY 1005 PM CDT...
HIWANNEE BY 1010 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3187 8853 3149 8892 3150 8894 3179 8894
3184 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 218DEG 25KT 3176 8882
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 180314 CCA
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1013 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
MSC153-180323-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-071018T0315Z/
WAYNE MS-
1013 PM CDT WED OCT 17 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 1015
PM CDT...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...THUS THE WARNING WILL LET EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3187 8853 3149 8892 3150 8894 3179 8894
3184 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0313Z 218DEG 25KT 3186 8873
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 36 min |
| Oct 18, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 42 min |
| Oct 18, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 49 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.