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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 18, 2015, 6:22 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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 18, 2015, 6:22 AM CST (12:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 18, 2015, 6:45 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474
WFUS54 KMOB 181222
TORMOB
MSC153-181245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0016.151118T1222Z-151118T1245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
622 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 645 AM CST
* AT 621 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKATUNNA...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
WAYNESBORO...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...
BUCKATUNNA AROUND 630 AM CST.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3155 8876 3173 8847 3147 8845 3143 8855
3144 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 1221Z 240DEG 29KT 3152 8861
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BUTTS2 follow-up statements
216
WWUS54 KMOB 181235
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
635 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
MSC153-181245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-151118T1245Z/
WAYNE MS-
635 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
AT 634 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKATUNNA...OR 8 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 3173 8847 3147 8845 3143 8855 3148 8861
3162 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 222DEG 41KT 3164 8851
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BUTTS981
WWUS54 KMOB 181242
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
642 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
MSC153-181251-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-151118T1245Z/
WAYNE MS-
642 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 AM CST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.
LAT...LON 3173 8847 3147 8845 3143 8855 3148 8861
3162 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1240Z 240DEG 29KT 3164 8851
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 56 min |
| Nov 18, 5:31 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 59 min |
| Nov 18, 6:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George, Greene | 58 min |
| Nov 18, 11:23 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 5 days |
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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.