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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2008, 12:30 PM CST for Greene County, Wayne 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
- Jan 10, 2008, 12:30 PM CST (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 101830
TORMOB
MSC041-153-101915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.080110T1830Z-080110T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1230 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 115 PM CST
* AT 1227 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PIAVE...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHTOWN BY 1235 PM CST...
CLARA BY 1250 PM CST...
CHICORA AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BATTLES BY 1255 PM CST...
WINCHESTER...ROBINSON JUNCTION AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUCKATUNNA
BY 100 PM CST...
DENHAM BY 110 PM CST...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3180 8850 3145 8846 3133 8881 3135 8884
3137 8883 3143 8883 3145 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 222DEG 31KT 3142 8879
$$1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 101847 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1247 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 MSC041-153-101915- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080110T1915Z/ GREENE MS-WAYNE MS- 1247 PM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES... AT 1245 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITHTOWN...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CHICORA...ROBINSON JUNCTION...WINCHESTER AND BUCKATUNNA BY 110 PM CST... DENHAM BY 115 PM CST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3180 8850 3145 8846 3138 8877 3144 8882 TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 226DEG 25KT 3147 8871 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 9:53 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | George, Stone | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 11:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 59 min |
| Jan 10, 3:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 56 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.