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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 5:55 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 10, 2013, 5:55 PM CST (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:05 PM CST | TORNADO | Clara, MS | TORNADO REPORTED NEAR CLARA. HOME DAMAGED ON HIGHWAY 63. TREES DOWN ON HUDSON TOWN ROAD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 10, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
602
WFUS54 KMOB 102355
TORMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-110100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0007.130210T2355Z-130211T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
555 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 700 PM CST
* AT 550 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. THE TORNADIC STORM
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF RICHTON...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF NEW
AUGUSTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED
WITH THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA...
MILLRY...
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 3189 8844 3157 8827 3143 8881 3143 8894
3155 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 245DEG 31KT 3146 8893
$$3 follow-up statements
598 WWUS54 KMOB 110009 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 609 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ALC023-129-MSC153-110100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130211T0100Z/ CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS- 609 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR WAYNE... NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 604 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLARA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WAYNESBORO... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA... MILLRY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3143 8882 3155 8890 3189 8844 3157 8827 TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 245DEG 31KT 3150 8878 $$
975 WWUS54 KMOB 110021 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 621 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ALC023-129-MSC153-110100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130211T0100Z/ CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS- 621 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 618 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...OR 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLARA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA... MILLRY... 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 3146 8870 3158 8875 3182 8840 3157 8827 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 245DEG 31KT 3154 8865 $$
995 WWUS54 KMOB 110035 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 635 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ALC023-129-MSC153-110100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130211T0100Z/ CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS- 635 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 632 PM CST...A TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AND WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 2 MILES NORTH OF BUCKATUNNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCKATUNNA... MILLRY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3151 8853 3161 8859 3175 8836 3157 8827 TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 245DEG 31KT 3158 8849 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 4:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 65 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:12 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 22 days |
| Feb 10, 3:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 51 min |
| Feb 10, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 39 min |
| Feb 10, 5:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 58 min |
| Feb 10, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 48 min |
| Feb 10, 10:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 24 days |
| Feb 10, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 55 min |
| Feb 10, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 58 min |
| Feb 10, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.