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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2012, 10:25 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 26 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, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2012, 10:51 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:29 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 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
145
WFUS54 KMOB 300325
TORMOB
MSC041-111-153-300415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0047.120830T0325Z-120830T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1025 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1015 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF RICHTON...
OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF MCLAIN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 50 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL SOON PASS VERY NEAR THE WAYNE...GREENE AND PERRY
COUNTY MUTUAL BORDERS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY
RURAL NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3144 8895 3170 8895 3166 8875 3134 8867
3130 8877 3143 8896
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 156DEG 44KT 3141 8877
$$2 follow-up statements
438
WWUS54 KMOB 300337
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1037 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
MSC041-111-300347-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120830T0415Z/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
1037 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 1029 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN
GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTIES
THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3149 8894 3170 8895 3167 8880 3145 8876
3143 8881 3144 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 144DEG 35KT 3150 8887
$$
MSC153-300415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120830T0415Z/
WAYNE MS-
1037 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 1029 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RICHTON...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3149 8894 3170 8895 3167 8880 3145 8876
3143 8881 3144 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 144DEG 35KT 3150 8887
$$036
WWUS54 KMOB 300351
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1051 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
MSC153-300401-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120830T0415Z/
WAYNE MS-
1051 PM CDT WED AUG 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE
COUNTY...
AT 1047 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
WAYNE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3149 8894 3170 8895 3167 8880 3145 8876
3143 8881 3144 8886
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 180DEG 0KT 3144 8882
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 48 min |
| Aug 29, 10:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 9 days |
| Aug 29, 11:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:52 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 16 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 22 hr |
| Aug 30, 2:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 4:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 9 days |
| Aug 30, 5:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 30, 6:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 30 min |
| Aug 30, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 30, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 32 min |
| Aug 30, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 9 days |
| Aug 30, 1:18 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 20 hr |
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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.