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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 30, 2012, 5:04 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 30, 2012, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
480 WFUS54 KMOB 302204 TORMOB MSC039-041-111-131-302245- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0068.120930T2204Z-120930T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 504 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 504 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF WIGGINS... OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF PERKINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCLAIN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. && LAT...LON 3117 8884 3104 8867 3086 8896 3090 8902 TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 224DEG 24KT 3091 8895 $$
3 follow-up statements
884
WWUS54 KMOB 302212
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
512 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
MSC131-302221-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120930T2245Z/
STONE MS-
512 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN STONE
COUNTY...
AT 511 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
STONE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3117 8884 3104 8867 3091 8888 3091 8895
3094 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 224DEG 24KT 3095 8892
$$
MSC039-041-111-302245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120930T2245Z/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
512 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGE...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES...
AT 511 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS...OR
14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCLAIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3117 8884 3104 8867 3091 8888 3091 8895
3094 8899
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 224DEG 24KT 3095 8892
$$893
WWUS54 KMOB 302219
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
519 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
MSC039-041-111-302245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120930T2245Z/
PERRY MS-GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
519 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGE...SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND CENTRAL PERRY
COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF WIGGINS...OR
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCLAIN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3093 8884 3095 8891 3098 8896 3117 8884
3104 8867
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 224DEG 24KT 3099 8889
$$948 WWUS54 KMOB 302229 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 529 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 MSC039-302238- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120930T2245Z/ GEORGE MS- 529 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY... AT 528 PM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GEORGE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3117 8884 3106 8871 3099 8884 3104 8892 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 224DEG 24KT 3103 8884 $$ MSC041-111-302245- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-120930T2245Z/ PERRY MS-GREENE MS- 529 PM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN GREENE AND EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTIES... ...RESIDENTS IN MCLAIN SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY... AT 528 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES WEST OF LUCEDALE...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF MCLAIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MCLAIN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3117 8884 3106 8871 3099 8884 3104 8892 TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 224DEG 24KT 3103 8884 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 54 min |
| Sep 30, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 51 min |
| Sep 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 42 min |
| Sep 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.