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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

February 13, 2007Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 13, 2007, 6:15 AM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 60 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
Feb 13, 2007, 6:15 AM CST (12:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 7:15 AM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:17 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
Feb 13, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 514 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 131215
TORMOB
MSC041-111-131315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0004.070213T1215Z-070213T1315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
615 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
  GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

* UNTIL 715 AM CST

* AT 612 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER KITTRELL...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  AVERA AND BOTHWELL BY 625 AM CST
  PIAVE BY 630 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3122 8901 3108 8888 3129 8847 3141 8879

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 131245
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
641 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

MSC111-131251-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070213T1315Z/
PERRY MS-
641 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3136 8880 3103 8877 3108 8846 3141 8851

$$

MSC041-131315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070213T1315Z/
GREENE MS-
641 AM CST TUE FEB 13 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CST FOR GREENE COUNTY...

AT 638 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND 
ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER MUCH OF EASTERN GREENE COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 
40 MPH. 

TAKE COVER IF THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING YOUR AREA. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3136 8880 3103 8877 3108 8846 3141 8851

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 13, 4:54 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBStone36 min
Feb 13, 5:15 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne45 min
Feb 13, 5:32 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBPerry43 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007

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.