Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:43 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 4:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 36 min |
| Feb 13, 5:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
| Feb 13, 5:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 43 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.