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Tornado Warning 122, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 2011, 8:28 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 62 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
- Sep 4, 2011, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2011, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 311 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
280
WFUS54 KMOB 050128
TORMOB
MSC153-050230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0122.110905T0128Z-110905T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
828 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES WEST OF
CHATOM...OR NEAR STATE LINE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... STATE LINE... BUCKATUNNA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3144 8845 3144 8859 3184 8874 3188 8858
3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 179DEG 30KT 3147 8847
$$4 follow-up statements
947
WWUS54 KMOB 050147
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
847 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
MSC153-050230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0122.000000T0000Z-110905T0230Z/
WAYNE MS-
847 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 844 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
DENHAM...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 35
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
TOKIO...BOICE...GRETNA...HIWANNEE AND MATHERVILLE...OR RURAL
NORTHEST WAYNE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3189 8847 3157 8846 3159 8858 3184 8874
3188 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 179DEG 30KT 3162 8847
$$673
WWUS54 KMOB 050206
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
906 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
MSC153-050230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0122.000000T0000Z-110905T0230Z/
WAYNE MS-
906 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 903 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 8 MILES EAST
OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GRETNA
AND MATHERVILLE. THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER RURAL NORTHEAST WAYNE
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3189 8847 3172 8847 3168 8856 3186 8865
3188 8854
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 170DEG 31KT 3174 8852
$$763
WWUS54 KMOB 050220
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
920 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
MSC153-050230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0122.000000T0000Z-110905T0230Z/
WAYNE MS-
920 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 917 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME
NORTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 8847 3181 8856 3186 8860 3188 8854
3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 170DEG 31KT 3185 8854
$$563
WWUS54 KMOB 050228
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
928 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
MSC153-050238-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0122.000000T0000Z-110905T0230Z/
WAYNE MS-
928 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
930 PM CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3183 8847 3181 8856 3186 8860 3188 8854
3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0228Z 170DEG 31KT 3193 8856
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 5:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 51 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.