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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

April 28, 2014Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 9:37 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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: Apr 28, 2014, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2014, 10:15 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Apr 28, 9:50 PM CDT	TORNADO	5 N Mill Creek, MS	TREES WERE DOWNED ON DALLAS BROWNLEE ROAD
Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Waynesboro, MS	18 WHEELER OVER-TURNED AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 45 AND 84.

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
Apr 28, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.2
Supercell composite: 16.2

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The text

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

142 
WFUS54 KMOB 290237
TORMOB
MSC153-290315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0016.140429T0237Z-140429T0315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
937 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 935 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF LAUREL...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...

LAT...LON 3184 8889 3184 8873 3190 8847 3159 8846
      3163 8895 3182 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0237Z 272DEG 42KT 3173 8912

$$

1 follow-up statement

623 
WWUS54 KMOB 290256
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
956 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

MSC153-290315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140429T0315Z/
WAYNE MS-
956 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 953 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO  WAS LOCATED 13 MILES EAST OF LAUREL...OR 6 MILES
EAST OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3184 8890 3184 8873 3190 8847 3169 8847
      3169 8891 3169 8895 3182 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0256Z 265DEG 34KT 3176 8890

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 10:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	63 min
Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	45 min
Apr 28, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	50 min
Apr 28, 10:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Wayne	4 hr
Apr 28, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	36 min
Apr 29, 12:31 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene	4 hr
Apr 29, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	57 min
Apr 29, 2:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	George	4 hr
Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	5 days
Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Jackson	7 days
Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	40 min
Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	39 min
Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	49 min
Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	George	12 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.