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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL

November 16, 2014Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2014, 10:33 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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
Nov 16, 2014, 10:33 PM CST (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2014, 11:15 PM CST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:33 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
Nov 16, 9:49 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2014-11-17Temperature 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 2014-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
-72 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
451 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

580 
WFUS54 KMOB 170433
TORMOB
MSC153-170515-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0031.141117T0433Z-141117T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1033 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1115 PM CST

* AT 1030 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAUREL...OR 4 MILES SOUTH
  OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3183 8894 3185 8868 3171 8895 3182 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 236DEG 41KT 3175 8902

$$
1 follow-up statement
917 
WWUS54 KMOB 170510
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1110 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

MSC153-170520-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-141117T0515Z/
WAYNE MS-
1110 PM CST SUN NOV 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NORTHWESTERN
WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 1109 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN
WAYNE COUNTY HAS MOVED TO THE NORTH OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 PM CST.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3183 8894 3185 8868 3171 8895 3182 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 236DEG 41KT 3199 8861

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 11:52 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry22 min
Nov 17, 4:24 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne26 hr
Nov 17, 4:24 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne26 hr

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.