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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2010, 5:09 PM CST for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 36 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 10, 2010, 5:09 PM CST (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2010, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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 10, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 487 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971 WFUS54 KMOB 102309 TORMOB MSC041-153-110000- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.100310T2309Z-100311T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 509 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 600 PM CST * AT 509 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF NEELY...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JONATHAN BY 515 PM CST... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3154 8869 3144 8845 3112 8864 3117 8879 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 206DEG 25KT 3120 8868 $$
3 follow-up statements
575 WWUS54 KMOB 102319 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 519 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 MSC041-153-110000- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100311T0000Z/ GREENE MS-WAYNE MS- 519 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES... AT 519 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR JONATHAN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STATE LINE BY 600 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3115 8862 3119 8874 3154 8869 3144 8845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 212DEG 18KT 3122 8865 $$
688 WWUS54 KMOB 102333 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 533 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 MSC041-153-110000- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100311T0000Z/ GREENE MS-WAYNE MS- 533 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES... AT 533 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE LINE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STATE LINE BY 600 PM CST... 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3122 8858 3124 8870 3154 8869 3144 8845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 212DEG 18KT 3127 8858 $$
770 WWUS54 KMOB 102345 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 545 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 MSC041-153-102355- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100311T0000Z/ GREENE MS-WAYNE MS- 545 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3122 8858 3124 8870 3154 8869 3144 8845 TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 212DEG 18KT 3132 8854 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 8 days |
| Mar 10, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 42 min |
| Mar 10, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 41 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.