Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 10:10 AM CDT for Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2010, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 10:40 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | Mahned, MS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 2537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 495 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 426 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 5.3
- Supercell composite
- 17.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMOB 241510
TORMOB
MSC111-131-241600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0009.100424T1510Z-100424T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1010 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NEW AUGUSTA...
NORTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 1007 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 26 MILES WEST OF
JANICE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR...
FERGUSON AND WINGATE BY 1040 AM CDT...
KITTRELL BY 1045 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3092 8933 3092 8914 3100 8914 3101 8915
3125 8914 3138 8891 3128 8883 3094 8884
3089 8897 3085 8933
TIME...MOT...LOC 1509Z 238DEG 51KT 3095 8944
$$2 follow-up statements
107
WWUS54 KMOB 241528
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1028 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
MSC131-241536-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100424T1600Z/
STONE MS-
1028 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN STONE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3128 8883 3094 8884 3092 8897 3092 8914
3100 8914 3101 8915 3125 8914 3138 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 238DEG 51KT 3104 8922
$$
MSC111-241600-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100424T1600Z/
PERRY MS-
1028 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR PERRY
COUNTY...
AT 1021 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND
HAIL AT LEAST TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS. THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS
14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BELLEVILLE...MAHNED...NEW AUGUSTA...WINGATE...FERGUSON...BEAUMONT...
KITTRELL...HINTONVILLE AND RICHTON
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3128 8883 3094 8884 3092 8897 3092 8914
3100 8914 3101 8915 3125 8914 3138 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 238DEG 51KT 3104 8922
$$858
WWUS54 KMOB 241540
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1040 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
MSC111-241600-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100424T1600Z/
PERRY MS-
1040 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PERRY COUNTY...
AT 1034 AM CDT.... THIS TORNADO WAS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF JANICE...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINGATE...FERGUSON...BEAUMONT...KITTRELL AND HINTONVILLE
THIS STORM HAS A A VERY GOOD CHANCE CHANCE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
AND AT LEAST GOLFBALL SIZED DIAMETER HAIL.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3124 8914 3136 8889 3128 8883 3100 8884
3100 8914 3101 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1539Z 248DEG 50KT 3112 8903
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 10:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.