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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

February 10, 2013Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 5:17 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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 10, 2013, 5:17 PM CST (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 6:15 PM CST
In force
58 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 2013-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2013-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 482 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
482 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
561 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

592 
WFUS54 KMOB 102317
TORMOB
MSC041-111-153-110015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.130210T2317Z-130211T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
517 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST

* AT 513 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE TORNADIC STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST HATTIESBURG...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF PURVIS...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARA...              RICHTON...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING THEN IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8914 3144 8895 3168 8895 3180 8875
      3135 8848 3125 8915 3143 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 246DEG 33KT 3133 8934

$$
2 follow-up statements
568 
WWUS54 KMOB 102335
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

MSC041-111-153-110015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130211T0015Z/
WAYNE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
535 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...NORTHERN PERRY AND WESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 532 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PETAL...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8914 3144 8895 3168 8895 3180 8875
      3146 8854 3133 8915 3143 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 246DEG 33KT 3140 8913

$$
867 
WWUS54 KMOB 102343
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
543 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

MSC041-111-153-110015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130211T0015Z/
WAYNE MS-PERRY MS-GREENE MS-
543 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN GREENE...NORTHERN PERRY AND WESTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...

AT 536 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF PETAL...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF NEW AUGUSTA...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS TORNADO IN 
FORREST COUNTY. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CLARA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3144 8914 3144 8895 3168 8895 3180 8875
      3146 8854 3133 8915 3143 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 246DEG 33KT 3143 8906

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 4:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne65 hr
Feb 10, 9:12 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Wayne22 days
Feb 10, 3:39 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne51 min
Feb 10, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne57 min
Feb 10, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWayne39 min
Feb 10, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne48 min
Feb 10, 5:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne65 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.