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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2012, 1:36 PM CST for George County, Greene 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
- Feb 18, 2012, 1:36 PM CST (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2012, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
819
WFUS54 KMOB 181936
TORMOB
MSC039-041-182015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0007.120218T1936Z-120218T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
136 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GEORGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST
* AT 136 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES EAST OF
WIGGINS...OR 16 MILES EAST OF PERKINSTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LUCEDALE AROUND 200 PM CST...
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.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 8888 3091 8883 3098 8883 3106 8844
3101 8842 3088 8842 3078 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 249DEG 33KT 3087 8884
$$
JP/MB2 follow-up statements
408
WWUS54 KMOB 181959
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
159 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
MSC039-041-182015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120218T2015Z/
GREENE MS-GEORGE MS-
159 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GEORGE AND SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 158 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LUCEDALE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCK CREEK AND SHIPMAN BY 205 PM CST...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3106 8844 3101 8842 3088 8842 3083 8865
3093 8868
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 254DEG 35KT 3092 8860
$$
JP/MB234
WWUS54 KMOB 182010
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
210 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
MSC041-182020-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120218T2015Z/
GREENE MS-
210 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3095 8856 3100 8843 3089 8842 3088 8843
3086 8848 3086 8853
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 254DEG 35KT 3095 8847
$$
MSC039-182015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120218T2015Z/
GEORGE MS-
210 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GEORGE COUNTY...
AT 210 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK CREEK...OR
NEAR LUCEDALE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3095 8856 3100 8843 3089 8842 3088 8843
3086 8848 3086 8853
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 254DEG 35KT 3095 8847
$$
JP/MBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 9:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 6 days |
| Feb 18, 9:48 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 6 days |
| Feb 18, 12:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 51 min |
| Feb 18, 1:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 47 min |
| Feb 18, 1:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 13 min |
| Feb 18, 1:35 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Perry, Stone | 115 min |
| Feb 18, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 49 min |
| Feb 18, 2:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 32 days |
| Feb 18, 4:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 34 days |
| Feb 18, 4:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 60 min |
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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.