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Tornado Warning 109, NWS Mobile, AL

December 25, 2012Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 3:19 PM CST for Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 min. 6 reports 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
Dec 25, 2012, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
Expired
Dec 25, 2012, 4:15 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 25, 3:48 PM CSTTORNADO 29 Wnw Wiggins, MSREPORTED AT 865 MAGNOLIA ROAD IN TEXAS COMMUNITY.
Dec 25, 3:54 PM CSTTORNADO 29 Wnw Wiggins, MSSTRUCTURE DAMAGE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Dec 25, 3:55 PM CSTTORNADO 2Texas, MSSTONE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED AND 2 HOUSES WITH ROOFS BLOWN OFF.
Dec 25, 3:55 PM CSTTORNADOTexas, MSSTONE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS 10 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED AND 2 HOUSES WITH ROOFS BLOWN OFF.
Dec 25, 4:15 PM CSTTORNADO 2Janice, MS4 HOMES WITH MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG TORNADO PATH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE ALONG TORNADO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY.
Dec 25, 4:15 PM CSTTORNADOJanice, MS4 HOMES WITH MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE ALONG TORNADO PATH. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE ALONG TORNADO TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 25, 12:58 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-12-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 790 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2012-12-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
790 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

781 
WFUS54 KMOB 252119
TORMOB
MSC111-131-252215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0109.121225T2119Z-121225T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
319 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 315 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
  LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  DIAMONDHEAD...OR 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF KILN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW AUGUSTA...        WIGGINS...            PERKINSTON...
  MCHENRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8914 3116 8915 3123 8902 3091 8883
      3091 8888 3073 8888 3071 8909 3067 8916
      3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934 3091 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 243DEG 38KT 3070 8959

$$
3 follow-up statements
058 
WWUS54 KMOB 252128
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
328 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC111-131-252215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-121225T2215Z/
STONE MS-PERRY MS-
328 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...

AT 325 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO  WAS LOCATED 24 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS...OR 19
MILES SOUTH OF LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW AUGUSTA...        WIGGINS...            PERKINSTON...
  MCHENRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8914 3116 8915 3123 8902 3091 8883
      3091 8888 3073 8888 3071 8909 3067 8916
      3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934 3091 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 243DEG 38KT 3075 8947

$$
512 
WWUS54 KMOB 252141
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
341 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC111-131-252215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-121225T2215Z/
STONE MS-PERRY MS-
341 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...

AT 336 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO  WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS...OR 15
MILES SOUTH OF LUMBERTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW AUGUSTA...        WIGGINS...            PERKINSTON...
  MCHENRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8914 3116 8915 3123 8902 3091 8883
      3091 8888 3073 8888 3071 8909 3067 8916
      3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934 3091 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 248DEG 36KT 3081 8937

$$
168 
WWUS54 KMOB 252152
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
352 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC111-131-252215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0109.000000T0000Z-121225T2215Z/
STONE MS-PERRY MS-
352 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN
PERRY AND STONE COUNTIES...

AT 346 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED NEAR TEXAS IN NORTHWEST 
STONE COUNTY...OR 11 MILES WEST OF WIGGINS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW AUGUSTA...        WIGGINS...            PERKINSTON...
  MCHENRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3092 8914 3116 8915 3123 8902 3091 8883
      3091 8888 3073 8888 3071 8909 3067 8916
      3067 8923 3064 8924 3064 8934 3091 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 234DEG 41KT 3089 8925

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 3:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne56 min
Dec 25, 4:06 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry54 min
Dec 25, 4:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone48 min
Dec 25, 4:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBPerry, Wayne61 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne66 min
Dec 25, 4:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone55 min
Dec 25, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne53 min
Dec 25, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry45 min
Dec 25, 5:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.