Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 31, 2008, 4:32 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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 31, 2008, 4:32 PM CST (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2008, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 31, 5:02 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 10 E Runnelstown, MS | TREES DOWN ON HWY 42 BETWEEN RUNNELSTOWN AND RICHTON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 12:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 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 312233 TORMOB MSC041-111-153-312315- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.080131T2232Z-080131T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 432 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 429 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RICHTON... OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PIAVE AND SMITHTOWN BY 440 PM CST... BATTLES AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF STATE LINE BY 455 PM CST... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...ABANDON THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3156 8856 3142 8845 3122 8891 3138 8902 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 241DEG 57KT 3135 8886 $$
1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 312255
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
452 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
MSC041-111-153-312315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080131T2315Z/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
452 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE...NORTHERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES...
AT 451 PM CST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
TORNADO BEARING THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHWEST OF STATE LINE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THIS MEANS THAT A TORNADO
MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF
YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO
THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF
DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...LEAVE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY
SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH
OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3142 8845 3138 8853 3137 8855 3136 8859
3124 8885 3124 8886 3143 8887 3156 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 241DEG 57KT 3150 8854
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 43 min |
| Jan 31, 4:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 61 min |
| Jan 31, 4:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 47 min |
| Jan 31, 5:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 32 min |
| Jan 31, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 45 min |
| Jan 31, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.