Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 14, 2009, 2:33 AM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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
- Oct 14, 2009, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2009, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 1099 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 140733
TORMOB
MSC039-140815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0046.091014T0733Z-091014T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
233 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 315 AM CDT
* AT 232 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF
BASIN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
AGRICOLA BY 305 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.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3075 8872 3089 8860 3075 8842 3073 8849
3073 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 231DEG 15KT 3073 8864
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 140752
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
252 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2009
MSC039-140815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-091014T0815Z/
GEORGE MS-
252 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 251 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR MOVELLA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF LUCEDALE...
MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY AT 310 AM CDT
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
REPORT ANY TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOBILE AT AREA CODE 2 5 1...AND THEN 6 3 3 6 4 4 3.
OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT.
LAT...LON 3078 8861 3083 8852 3075 8842 3073 8849
3073 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0752Z 265DEG 20KT 3075 8852
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 140811
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
311 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2009
MSC039-140821-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0046.000000T0000Z-091014T0815Z/
GEORGE MS-
311 AM CDT WED OCT 14 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 AM CDT...
LAT...LON 3078 8861 3083 8852 3075 8842 3073 8849
3073 8859
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 265DEG 20KT 3076 8840
$$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.