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Tornado Warning 165, NWS Mobile, AL

December 24, 2008Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2008, 4:52 PM CST for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
Dec 24, 2008, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Dec 24, 2008, 5:30 PM CST
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-12-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 329 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2008-12-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 340 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
434 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 242252
TORMOB
MSC111-242330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0165.081224T2252Z-081224T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
452 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 530 PM CST

* AT 451 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF
  MAHNED...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHTON BY 510 PM CST...

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.

LAT...LON 3142 8890 3126 8886 3120 8910 3132 8912
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 243DEG 23KT 3128 8906

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 242304
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
504 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

MSC111-242330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0165.000000T0000Z-081224T2330Z/
PERRY MS-
504 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
PERRY COUNTY...

AT 501 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR HINTONVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF NEW
AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HINTONVILLE BY 510 PM CST...
  RICHTON BY 515 PM CST...

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.

LAT...LON 3123 8903 3131 8906 3139 8889 3126 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 244DEG 18KT 3129 8899

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 242328
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
528 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

MSC111-242338-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0165.000000T0000Z-081224T2330Z/
PERRY MS-
528 PM CST WED DEC 24 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM
CST...

LAT...LON 3123 8903 3131 8906 3139 8889 3126 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 271DEG 33KT 3131 8879

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPerry64 min
Dec 24, 5:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne63 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.