Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2009, 1:38 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 19, 2009, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 387 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 467 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 191838 TORMOB ALC129-MSC041-191915- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0037.090419T1838Z-090419T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 138 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LEAKESVILLE... SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 136 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VINEGAR BEND BY 205 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 3139 8825 3120 8819 3114 8858 3122 8863 TIME...MOT...LOC 1838Z 244DEG 22KT 3119 8854 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 191851 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 151 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ALC129-MSC041-191915- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090419T1915Z/ WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS- 151 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE AND SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ESCATAWPA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ESCATAWPA BY 205 PM CDT... VINEGAR BEND AND DEER PARK BY 210 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIBBIE BY 215 PM CDT... REPORT ANY TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AT (2 5 1) 6 3 3 6 4 4 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT. LAT...LON 3118 8848 3126 8852 3139 8825 3120 8819 TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 239DEG 19KT 3123 8846 $$ PURDY
000 WWUS54 KMOB 191906 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 206 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 MSC041-191916- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090419T1915Z/ GREENE MS- 206 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3123 8837 3129 8839 3137 8824 3124 8820 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 245DEG 21KT 3127 8835 $$ ALC129-191915- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090419T1915Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 206 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR VINEGAR BEND...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TIBBIE BY 215 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3123 8837 3129 8839 3137 8824 3124 8820 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 245DEG 21KT 3127 8835 $$ PURDY
000 WWUS54 KMOB 191919 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 219 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ALC129-191929- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-090419T1915Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 219 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT... LAT...LON 3123 8837 3129 8839 3137 8824 3124 8820 TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 245DEG 21KT 3127 8835 $$ PURDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 40 min |
| Apr 19, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 15 min |
| Apr 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 46 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.