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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

January 26, 2012Greene County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 2012, 9:20 AM CST for Greene County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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: Jan 26, 2012, 9:20 AM CST (15:20 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2012, 10:00 AM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 26, 9:36 AM CST	HAIL 0.25	1 E Leakesville, MS	PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE EAST OF LEAKESVILLE.

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
Jan 26, 4:18 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 461 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 359 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.6
Supercell composite: 10.4

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The text

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

268 
WFUS54 KMOB 261520
TORMOB
ALC129-MSC041-261600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.120126T1520Z-120126T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
920 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CST

* AT 915 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  LEAKESVILLE...OR 16 MILES EAST OF MCLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LEAKESVILLE...        VINEGAR BEND...       TIBBIE...
  FRUITDALE...          DEER PARK...

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 NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8848 3144 8845 3149 8845 3158 8841
      3144 8814 3111 8838 3111 8843 3104 8843
      3100 8846 3100 8863 3103 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1520Z 207DEG 37KT 3109 8854

$$

1 follow-up statement

847 
WWUS54 KMOB 261552
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
952 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

ALC129-MSC041-261603-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120126T1600Z/
WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS-
952 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3144 8848 3144 8845 3149 8845 3158 8841
      3144 8814 3111 8838 3111 8843 3104 8843
      3100 8846 3100 8863 3103 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 1553Z 207DEG 37KT 3139 8836

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 7:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	54 min
Jan 26, 8:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Stone	39 min
Jan 26, 8:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	63 min
Jan 26, 8:56 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	49 min
Jan 26, 9:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	38 min
Jan 26, 9:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	116 min
Jan 26, 9:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	57 min
Jan 26, 9:41 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Jan 26, 9:50 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		23 hr
Jan 26, 11:03 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Jan 26, 11:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	21 min
Jan 26, 11:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	27 min
Jan 26, 12:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more	4 hr
Jan 26, 12:49 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Jan 26, 1:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	39 min
Jan 26, 1:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	6 days
Jan 26, 1:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	6 days
Jan 26, 1:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		46 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.