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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Mobile, AL

May 15, 2008Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2008, 10:27 AM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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: May 15, 2008, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2008, 11:15 AM CDT
In force: 48 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), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 15, 10:28 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	New Augusta, MS	TREES DOWN BETWEEN NEW AUGUSTA AND RUNNELTOWN AND ALSO WEST OF RICHTON BETWEEN 1028 AND 1040 AM.
May 15, 11:06 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waynesboro, MS	WAYNESBORO TO CLARA TREES DOWN BETWEEN 1106 AND 1111 AM.

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
May 15, 8:58 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 431 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 553 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 151528
TORMOB
MSC041-111-153-151615-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0055.080515T1527Z-080515T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1027 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAYNESBORO...

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1023 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  CAMP SHELBY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHTON AND RHODES BY 1040 AM CDT...
  MULBERRY BY 1050 AM CDT...
  CLARA BY 1100 AM CDT...
  CHICORA BY 1105 AM CDT...
  ROBINSON JUNCTION...WINCHESTER...DENHAM AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  WAYNESBORO BY 1110 AM 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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING 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 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3181 8867 3164 8846 3115 8910 3120 8916
      3136 8915 3146 8905 3145 8902 3146 8894
      3156 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1527Z 235DEG 47KT 3127 8908

$$

PURDY

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151546
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1046 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

MSC041-111-151556-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080515T1615Z/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
1046 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN PERRY
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3164 8846 3144 8883 3144 8893 3156 8893
      3181 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 231DEG 51KT 3147 8886

$$

MSC153-151615-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-080515T1615Z/
WAYNE MS-
1046 AM CDT THU MAY 15 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR WAYNE
COUNTY...

AT 1046 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR MULBERRY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 58 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARA BY 1100 AM CDT...
  WINCHESTER...WAYNESBORO AND WOODWARDS BY 1105 AM CDT...
  DENHAM AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOICE BY 1110 AM CDT...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
PENNY 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.

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 300 PM CDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3164 8846 3144 8883 3144 8893 3156 8893
      3181 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 231DEG 51KT 3147 8886

$$

PURDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 10:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry, Wayne	51 min
May 15, 10:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	67 min
May 15, 11:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.