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Tornado Warning 144, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 12:59 AM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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
- Sep 2, 2008, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2008, 1:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 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
- 783 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 549 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 579 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 11.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 020559 TORMOB MSC111-020645- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0144.080902T0559Z-080902T0645Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1259 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 145 AM CDT * AT 1255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HINTONVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTH AT 38 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RHODES BY 115 AM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3143 8911 3143 8893 3122 8891 3121 8901 TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 174DEG 33KT 3128 8897 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 020620 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 120 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 MSC111-020625- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0144.000000T0000Z-080902T0645Z/ PERRY MS- 119 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3143 8911 3143 8893 3122 8891 3121 8901 TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 174DEG 33KT 3143 8899 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 9:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 43 min |
| Sep 2, 12:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 7:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 18 min |
| Sep 2, 10:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 30 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.