Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2009, 8:41 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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
- Apr 13, 2009, 8:41 PM CDT (01:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2009, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 140141
TORMOB
MSC041-111-153-140230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0036.090414T0141Z-090414T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
841 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF
RHODES...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PIAVE BY 920 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.
LAT...LON 3144 8894 3149 8893 3153 8857 3128 8856
3130 8906 3144 8907
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 268DEG 18KT 3139 8896
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 140156
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
856 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009
MSC111-140206-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090414T0230Z/
PERRY MS-
856 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3137 8857 3138 8878 3139 8880 3141 8880
3143 8878 3149 8857 3143 8857
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 262DEG 31KT 3140 8875
$$
MSC041-153-140230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-090414T0230Z/
GREENE MS-WAYNE MS-
856 PM CDT MON APR 13 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 854 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR PIAVE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW
AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY AT 910 PM CDT
RURAL SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY AT 910 PM CDT
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY AT 920 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.
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.
LAT...LON 3137 8857 3138 8878 3139 8880 3141 8880
3143 8878 3149 8857 3143 8857
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 262DEG 31KT 3140 8875
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 55 min |
| Apr 13, 9:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 26 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.