Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 165, NWS Mobile, AL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 5:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 63 min |
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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.