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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2012, 9:27 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2012, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174
WFUS54 KMOB 230227
TORMOB
MSC039-230300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.120323T0227Z-120323T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
927 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 927 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF WADE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LUCEDALE AROUND 955 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8863 3099 8842 3088 8842 3073 8870
3077 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 219DEG 22KT 3078 8870
$$
PURDY2 follow-up statements
463
WWUS54 KMOB 230241
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
941 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
MSC039-230300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120323T0300Z/
GEORGE MS-
941 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 941 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CENTRAL...OR 7
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LUCEDALE AND EVANSTON BY 955 PM CDT...
ROCK CREEK BY 1000 PM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3090 8868 3091 8868 3097 8864 3100 8863
3099 8842 3081 8865 3086 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 211DEG 22KT 3086 8865
$$
PURDY727
WWUS54 KMOB 230251
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
951 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
MSC039-230300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120323T0300Z/
GEORGE MS-
951 PM CDT THU MAR 22 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 950 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUCEDALE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN GEORGE COUNTY AT 1000 PM CDT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8863 3100 8861 3100 8852 3099 8851
3089 8862 3091 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 0250Z 203DEG 27KT 3093 8862
$$
PURDYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.