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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 9:36 AM CDT for George County, Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 29, 2012, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 21 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 625 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 298 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
333
WFUS54 KMOB 291436
TORMOB
MSC039-041-111-291515-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0041.120829T1436Z-120829T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
936 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
* AT 935 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF LUCEDALE...OR 16 MILES NORTH
OF WADE...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCLAIN... RICHTON... NEW AUGUSTA...
BEAUMONT... LUCEDALE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3137 8895 3088 8847 3075 8860 3105 8915
3116 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1436Z 131DEG 35KT 3088 8862
$$2 follow-up statements
275
WWUS54 KMOB 291457
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
957 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
MSC039-291506-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120829T1515Z/
GEORGE MS-
957 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGE
COUNTY...
AT 954 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN
GEORGE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3131 8900 3137 8895 3103 8863 3100 8867
3100 8883 3096 8884 3120 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 138DEG 39KT 3105 8878
$$
MSC041-111-291515-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120829T1515Z/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
957 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 954 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUCEDALE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MCLAIN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCLAIN... RICHTON... NEW AUGUSTA...
BEAUMONT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3131 8900 3137 8895 3103 8863 3100 8867
3100 8883 3096 8884 3120 8911
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 138DEG 39KT 3105 8878
$$880
WWUS54 KMOB 291506
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1006 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
MSC041-291516-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120829T1515Z/
GREENE MS-
1006 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE
COUNTY...
AT 1003 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
GREENE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3120 8911 3131 8900 3137 8895 3125 8884
3100 8884 3100 8883 3096 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 138DEG 39KT 3113 8887
$$
MSC111-291515-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120829T1515Z/
PERRY MS-
1006 AM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR PERRY
COUNTY...
AT 1003 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF LEAKESVILLE...OR NEAR MCLAIN...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHTON... NEW AUGUSTA... BEAUMONT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3120 8911 3131 8900 3137 8895 3125 8884
3100 8884 3100 8883 3096 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 138DEG 39KT 3113 8887
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 11:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George | 119 min |
| Aug 29, 5:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 7:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 8:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:18 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 14 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.