Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 40, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 2:39 AM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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 18, 2007, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 180739 TORMOB MSC041-180815- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0040.071018T0739Z-071018T0815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 239 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEAKESVILLE... * UNTIL 315 AM CDT * AT 237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEAKESVILLE BY 245 AM CDT... PISGAH BY 255 AM CDT... 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 3129 8850 3110 8848 3105 8869 3122 8874 TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 257DEG 19KT 3116 8860 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 49 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
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.