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Tornado Warning 147, NWS Mobile, AL

September 2, 2008Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2008, 7:15 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 45 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, 7:15 AM CDT (12:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 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 2, 6:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 69 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: 1194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 638 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 021215
TORMOB
MSC131-021300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0147.080902T1215Z-080902T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
715 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 800 AM CDT

* AT 713 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTH
  OF ROGERS LAKE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF DIAMONDHEAD...MOVING
  NORTH AT 41 MPH.

* THE  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL WESTERN STONE COUNTY AT 730 AM CDT
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY AT 750 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 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3084 8933 3089 8934 3090 8922 3068 8922
      3066 8922 3065 8923 3065 8933 3065 8934
      3084 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1215Z 192DEG 36KT 3060 8931

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 021245
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
745 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSC131-021300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-080902T1300Z/
STONE MS-
745 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
STONE COUNTY...

AT 741 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROGERS LAKE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST
OF WIGGINS...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

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 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3084 8933 3089 8934 3090 8922 3068 8922
      3066 8922 3065 8923 3065 8933 3065 8934
      3084 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 190DEG 22KT 3086 8923

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 021259
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
759 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

MSC131-021309-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0147.000000T0000Z-080902T1300Z/
STONE MS-
759 AM CDT TUE SEP 2 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN STONE COUNTY HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED... 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3084 8933 3089 8934 3090 8922 3068 8922
      3066 8922 3065 8923 3065 8933 3065 8934
      3084 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 190DEG 22KT 3094 8921

$$

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, 12:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry	21 min
Sep 2, 1:46 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry	23 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.