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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2012, 5:22 AM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 30, 2012, 5:22 AM CDT (10:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
483
WFUS54 KMOB 301022
TORMOB
MSC153-301045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0053.120830T1022Z-120830T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
522 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 545 AM CDT
* AT 517 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 9 MILES NORTH
OF BUCKATUNNA...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8848 3164 8852 3165 8859 3184 8874
3185 8873 3185 8866 3188 8853
TIME...MOT...LOC 1022Z 160DEG 43KT 3172 8857
$$2 follow-up statements
306
WWUS54 KMOB 301035
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC153-301045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120830T1045Z/
WAYNE MS-
535 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 531 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTH OF WAYNESBORO...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF
CLARA...MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE
GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3179 8857 3178 8862 3182 8867 3185 8869
3185 8868 3185 8866 3187 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 160DEG 45KT 3187 8864
$$560
WWUS54 KMOB 301038
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
538 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
MSC153-301048-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-120830T1045Z/
WAYNE MS-
538 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 536 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 545 AM CDT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3179 8857 3178 8862 3182 8867 3185 8869
3185 8868 3185 8866 3187 8856
TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 180DEG 0KT 3181 8861
$$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, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 26 min |
| 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, 5:48 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.