Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2013, 5:37 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
- Jan 13, 2013, 5:37 PM CST (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2013, 6:15 PM CST
- In force
- 38 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), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
681 WFUS54 KMOB 132337 TORMOB MSC041-111-153-140015- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.130113T2337Z-130114T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 537 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... * UNTIL 615 PM CST * AT 537 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHTON...OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNESBORO... CLARA... 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 3182 8859 3142 8852 3131 8890 3142 8897 TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 225DEG 20KT 3155 8873 $$
2 follow-up statements
404 WWUS54 KMOB 132349 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 549 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 MSC111-132358- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130114T0015Z/ PERRY MS- 549 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY... AT 548 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. LAT...LON 3139 8880 3149 8886 3182 8859 3142 8852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 225DEG 20KT 3160 8863 $$ MSC041-153-140015- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130114T0015Z/ WAYNE MS-GREENE MS- 549 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES... AT 548 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHTON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNESBORO... CLARA... 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 3139 8880 3149 8886 3182 8859 3142 8852 TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 225DEG 20KT 3160 8863 $$
078 WWUS54 KMOB 132356 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 556 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 MSC041-140005- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130114T0015Z/ GREENE MS- 556 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY... AT 555 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. LAT...LON 3143 8878 3150 8879 3166 8858 3145 8853 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 238DEG 35KT 3168 8836 $$ MSC153-140015- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130114T0015Z/ WAYNE MS- 556 PM CST SUN JAN 13 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY... AT 555 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY 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 3143 8878 3150 8879 3166 8858 3145 8853 TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 238DEG 35KT 3168 8836 $$
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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.