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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2008, 7:36 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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 18, 2008, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2008, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 7:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Avera, MS | ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 70 MPH AND HAIL OF UNKNOWN SIZE IN AVERA. |
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 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 695 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 515 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 190036 TORMOB MSC041-190115- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0052.080419T0036Z-080419T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 736 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR AVERA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY AT 750 PM CDT RURAL NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY AT 800 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 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3119 8845 3119 8883 3141 8882 3144 8848 TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 261DEG 26KT 3131 8869 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 190041 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 741 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 MSC041-190115- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080419T0115Z/ GREENE MS- 741 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY... AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AVERA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES NORTH OF JONATHAN BY 745 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3119 8845 3119 8883 3141 8882 3144 8848 TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 261DEG 26KT 3131 8870 $$
000
WWUS54 KMOB 190051
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
751 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
MSC041-190115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080419T0115Z/
GREENE MS-
751 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
GREENE COUNTY...
AT 748 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AVERA...OR ABOUT
12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY AT 810 PM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3131 8847 3129 8845 3127 8845 3125 8846
3124 8877 3141 8879 3144 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 261DEG 26KT 3131 8862
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 190107
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
806 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
MSC041-190115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080419T0115Z/
GREENE MS-
806 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...
AT 805 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3131 8847 3129 8846 3125 8846 3125 8866
3142 8867 3143 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 261DEG 26KT 3133 8849
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 190114
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
814 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
MSC041-190124-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-080419T0115Z/
GREENE MS-
814 PM CDT FRI APR 18 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 815 PM CDT...
THE POTENTIAL TORNADO HAS MOVED EAST INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3131 8847 3129 8846 3125 8846 3125 8866
3142 8867 3143 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 261DEG 26KT 3134 8842
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 8:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene | 3 hr |
| Apr 18, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 44 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.