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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2014, 3:59 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 31 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
- Dec 23, 2014, 3:59 PM CST (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
501
WFUS54 KMOB 232159
TORMOB
MSC153-232230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0041.141223T2159Z-141223T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
359 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 430 PM CST
* AT 355 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES WEST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SANDERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 80 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8848 3174 8847 3166 8850 3163 8870
3163 8893 3175 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 254DEG 71KT 3171 8878
$$2 follow-up statements
897
WWUS54 KMOB 232206
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
406 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
MSC153-232230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T2230Z/
WAYNE MS-
406 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 405 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
CLARA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 8864 3169 8879 3178 8884 3188 8848
3174 8847 3166 8850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 243DEG 48KT 3175 8872
$$899
WWUS54 KMOB 232223
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
423 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
MSC153-232233-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-141223T2230Z/
WAYNE MS-
423 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR NORTHEASTERN
WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 422 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
WAYNE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 430 PM CST.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3166 8864 3169 8879 3178 8884 3188 8848
3174 8847 3166 8850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 180DEG 0KT 3174 8873
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 3:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.