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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 10, 2008Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 11:16 AM CST for Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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: Jan 10, 2008, 11:16 AM CST (17:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 10, 2008, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:18 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 10, 11:45 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Buckatunna, MS	TREES DOWN.
Jan 10, 11:45 AM CST	HAIL 0.88	Buckatunna, MS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 592 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 101716
TORMOB
ALC129-MSC041-153-101800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.080110T1716Z-080110T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1116 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 1114 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  SMITHTOWN...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATE LINE BY 1135 AM CST...
  BUCKATUNNA...ROBINSON JUNCTION...CHICORA AND BATTLES BY 1140 AM
  CST...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENHAM BY 1150 AM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 70 MPH.

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 3182 8851 3174 8845 3171 8846 3171 8842
      3151 8827 3133 8872 3140 8883
TIME...MOT...LOC 1716Z 231DEG 28KT 3143 8871

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 101728
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1127 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

MSC041-101737-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080110T1800Z/
GREENE MS-
1127 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE POTENTIAL TORNADO HAS SINCE MOVED NORTHEAT OF THE AREA.

LAT...LON 3182 8851 3174 8845 3171 8846 3171 8842
      3151 8827 3144 8846 3144 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 229DEG 34KT 3148 8862

$$

ALC129-MSC153-101800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080110T1800Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
1127 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1122 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF CHICORA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO... 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BUCKATUNNA...ROBINSON JUNCTION...CHICORA AND BATTLES BY 1135 AM
  CST...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER BY 1140 AM CST...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENHAM BY 1145 AM CST...

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 3182 8851 3174 8845 3171 8846 3171 8842
      3151 8827 3144 8846 3144 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 229DEG 34KT 3148 8862

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 101745
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1144 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

ALC129-MSC153-101800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080110T1800Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
1144 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 1140 AM CST...A POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BUCKATUNNA...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3174 8845 3171 8846 3171 8842 3151 8827
      3148 8846 3153 8856 3180 8851 3179 8849
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 237DEG 25KT 3155 8849

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 9:53 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	9 hr
Jan 10, 11:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	66 min
Jan 10, 12:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	19 min
Jan 10, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	22 min
Jan 10, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	21 min
Jan 10, 3:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	56 min
Jan 10, 12:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	45 min
Jan 10, 2:31 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	59 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2008 Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2008 Every tornado warning in 2008 Tornadoes in 2008

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.