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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 4, 2008, 5:59 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2008, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 6:08 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Nw Sand Hill, MS | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED ALONG HWY 42 NEAR THE BORDER OF PERRY AND GREENE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 042258 TORMOB MSC041-111-153-042345- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0045.080404T2259Z-080404T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 559 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 554 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RICHTON... OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAND HILL BY 615 PM CDT... PIAVE BY 620 PM CDT... SMITHTOWN BY 625 PM 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 MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3153 8867 3136 8857 3130 8897 3136 8901 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 237DEG 27KT 3136 8893 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 042309
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
608 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
MSC041-111-153-042345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
608 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES...
AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF SAND
HILL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
THE ROTATION IN THIS STORM HAS SIGNIFICANTLY STRENGTHENED DURING
THE PAST 10 MINUTES.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAND HILL BY 615 PM CDT...
PIAVE BY 620 PM CDT...
SMITHTOWN BY 625 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8858 3135 8860 3134 8877 3132 8882
3132 8887 3130 8889 3131 8891 3138 8893
3153 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 253DEG 28KT 3138 8883
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 042317
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
616 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
MSC111-042326-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
PERRY MS-
616 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8858 3135 8860 3134 8866 3135 8871
3134 8873 3132 8883 3144 8882 3153 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 255DEG 28KT 3136 8877
$$
MSC041-153-042345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
616 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 613 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO LOCATED
NEAR SAND HILL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS ROTATION CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY AND HAIL
TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR GOLFBALLS IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SMITHTOWN BY 625 PM CDT...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8858 3135 8860 3134 8866 3135 8871
3134 8873 3132 8883 3144 8882 3153 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 255DEG 28KT 3136 8877
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 042331
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
631 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
MSC153-042341-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
WAYNE MS-
631 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8858 3135 8860 3134 8866 3135 8871
3136 8873 3142 8873 3144 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 257DEG 28KT 3139 8863
$$
MSC041-042345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080404T2345Z/
GREENE MS-
631 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY...
AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTH
CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY...BETWEEN PIAVE AND STATE LINE...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3137 8858 3135 8860 3134 8866 3135 8871
3136 8873 3142 8873 3144 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 257DEG 28KT 3139 8863
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 24 min |
| Apr 4, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 46 min |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 49 min |
| Apr 4, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 52 min |
| Apr 4, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 38 min |
| Apr 4, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.