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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

October 31, 2015Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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: Oct 31, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 31, 2015, 5:35 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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
Oct 31, 5:06 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nne Strengthford, MS	ONE MOBILE HOME DAMAGED WITH POWER LINES AND 12 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN NEAR STRENGTHFORD.

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
Oct 31, 11:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Oct 31, 4:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 214 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

837 
WFUS54 KMOB 312204
TORMOB
ALC023-MSC153-312300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0013.151031T2204Z-151031T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
504 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
    
* AT 503 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILL CREEK...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LAUREL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CLARA AROUND 520 PM CDT.
  WAYNESBORO AROUND 530 PM CDT.
  SILAS AND GILBERTOWN AROUND 600 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3177 8822 3170 8841 3170 8846 3167 8846
      3149 8893 3152 8895 3170 8894 3185 8866
      3189 8848 3196 8846 3201 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 241DEG 30KT 3161 8891 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

2 follow-up statements

619 
WWUS54 KMOB 312211
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
511 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

ALC023-MSC153-312300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151031T2300Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
511 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTIES...
    
AT 510 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILL CREEK...OR 11 MILES WEST OF
WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAYNESBORO AROUND 525 PM CDT.
  SILAS...GILBERTOWN AND TOXEY AROUND 600 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3177 8822 3170 8841 3170 8846 3167 8846
      3154 8881 3157 8884 3170 8894 3185 8866
      3189 8848 3196 8846 3201 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 242DEG 33KT 3164 8883 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

975 
WWUS54 KMOB 312235
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

ALC023-MSC153-312245-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-151031T2300Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
535 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND CENTRAL WAYNE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3177 8822 3170 8841 3170 8846 3167 8846
      3154 8881 3157 8884 3170 8894 3185 8866
      3189 8848 3196 8846 3201 8837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 241DEG 30KT 3174 8861 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 31, 4:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	54 hr
Oct 31, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	25 min
Oct 31, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	49 min
Oct 31, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	38 min
Oct 31, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	37 min
Oct 31, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	52 min
Oct 31, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	1 min
Oct 31, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	47 min
Oct 31, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	44 min
Oct 31, 5:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Oct 31, 6:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	49 min
Oct 31, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	48 min
Oct 31, 6:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George	44 min
Oct 31, 6:14 AM CDT	Rip Current Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	61 hr
Oct 31, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	35 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.