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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 13, 2013Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 503 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2013-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.