Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 1:50 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 270650
TORMOB
MSC131-270715-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.090327T0650Z-090327T0715Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
150 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 149 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MCHENRY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF DIAMONDHEAD...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WLOX TV STATION TOWER AND MCHENRY BY 205 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3090 8887 3069 8887 3067 8891 3068 8922
3066 8922 3065 8923 3065 8933 3065 8934
3071 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 247DEG 50KT 3062 8931
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 270707
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
207 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
MSC131-270715-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-090327T0715Z/
STONE MS-
207 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY...
AT 203 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS 7 MILES WEST OF MCHENRY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WLOX TV STATION TOWER AND PERKINSTON BY 215 AM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3081 8906 3068 8899 3067 8891 3068 8922
3066 8922 3065 8923 3065 8934 3071 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 243DEG 35KT 3070 8921
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 8:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Perry, Stone | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 9:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Stone | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 50 min |
| Mar 27, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 12 hr |
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.