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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

February 10, 2013Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 6:26 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports 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, 6:26 PM CST (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 7:30 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 10, 7:05 PM CSTTORNADOClara, MSTORNADO REPORTED NEAR CLARA. HOME DAMAGED ON HIGHWAY 63. TREES DOWN ON HUDSON TOWN ROAD
Feb 10, 7:18 PM CSTTORNADODenham, MSTRAILER BLOWN OFF ITS BLOCKS AND A ROOF OFF OF A HOME ON DENHAM PROGRESS ROAD. INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED BUT THE NUMBER IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AS WELL.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 00:00Z on 2013-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
659 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

090 
WFUS54 KMOB 110026
TORMOB
MSC153-110130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0009.130211T0026Z-130211T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 623 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
  LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  ELLISVILLE...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...         CLARA...              BUCKATUNNA...

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 3180 8857 3149 8847 3146 8895 3168 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 255DEG 29KT 3152 8911

$$
2 follow-up statements
388 
WWUS54 KMOB 110041
SVSMOB

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

MSC153-110130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130211T0130Z/
WAYNE MS-
641 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 637 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO  WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTH OF RICHTON...OR 16
MILES WEST OF CLARA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...         CLARA...              BUCKATUNNA...

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 3180 8857 3149 8847 3148 8895 3167 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 255DEG 29KT 3156 8892

$$
057 
WWUS54 KMOB 110053
SVSMOB

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

MSC153-110130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130211T0130Z/
WAYNE MS-
653 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 651 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
WAYNESBORO...OR 8 MILES WEST OF CLARA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...         CLARA...              BUCKATUNNA...

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 3150 8884 3160 8890 3180 8857 3149 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 258DEG 25KT 3156 8881

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBWayne6 hr
Feb 10, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne49 min
Feb 10, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGreene64 min
Feb 11, 12:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne6 hr
Feb 11, 2:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBPerry43 hr
Feb 11, 5:33 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Stone3 hr
Feb 11, 6:29 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne6 hr
Feb 11, 9:49 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry10 days
Feb 11, 9:49 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Jackson20 days
Feb 11, 12:14 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne18 hr

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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.