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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 31, 2008, 5:03 PM CST for George County, Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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 31, 2008, 5:03 PM CST (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2008, 5:35 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 5:15 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Lucedale, MS | TREES DOWN BETWEEN LUCEDALE AND MERRILL ALONG HWY 198. |
| Jan 31, 5:31 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ne Lucedale, MS | TREES DOWN IN ROCKY CREEK. |
| Jan 31, 5:31 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Bexley, MS | TREES DOWN ON HWY 198 IN BEXLEY. |
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 312303 TORMOB MSC039-041-111-312345- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0014.080131T2303Z-080131T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 503 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUCEDALE... SOUTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEAKESVILLE... SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 459 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AVENT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VERNAL AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCEDALE BY 510 PM CST... 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE BY 515 PM CST... PISGAH BY 520 PM CST... ROUNSAVILLE BY 525 PM CST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3128 8845 3097 8844 3085 8880 3101 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 245DEG 54KT 3098 8874 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 312335 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 534 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 MSC039-041-111-312344- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-080131T2345Z/ GEORGE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS- 534 PM CST THU JAN 31 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND NORTHERN GEORGE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3128 8845 3097 8844 3085 8880 3101 8889 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 245DEG 54KT 3118 8825 $$
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, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 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, 5:16 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.