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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2010, 7:22 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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
- May 21, 2010, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2010, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2976 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
431
WFUS54 KMOB 220022
TORMOB
MSC041-220100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.100522T0022Z-100522T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
722 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTH OF
VERNAL...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE MOVE JUST WEST OF A LEAKESVILLE TO PISGAH LINE
IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE COUNTY.
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 3117 8860 3107 8844 3104 8843 3100 8843
3100 8859 3112 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 322DEG 12KT 3111 8860
$$1 follow-up statement
041
WWUS54 KMOB 220045
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
745 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010
MSC041-220055-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100522T0100Z/
GREENE MS-
745 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 3117 8860 3107 8844 3104 8843 3100 8843
3100 8859 3112 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 322DEG 12KT 3105 8854
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 52 min |
| May 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 45 min |
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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.