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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 4:44 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 min. 7 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
- Feb 23, 2016, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 2016, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 4:45 PM CST | FUNNEL CLOUD | New Augusta, MS | SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD CROSSING HWY 98 E OF NEW AGUSTA. COULD NOT CONFIRM ON THE GROUND OR NOT. |
| Feb 23, 5:08 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ese Richton, MS | MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A HOME ON GAINES BREWER ROAD. A SMALL GREENHOUSE WAS ALSO DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Feb 23, 5:21 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Sand Hill, MS | A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BLEW FARM EQUIPMENT AROUND...AN ALUMINUM BOAT INTO A POND...AND A GATE OFF A FENCE. IN ADDITION...TOPS WERE BLOWN OFF SEVERAL LARGE OAK TREES. |
| Feb 23, 5:25 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Se Avera, MS | A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG MS-63 SOUTHEAST OF THE COMMUNITY OF AVERA. A HOMESTEAD WAS AFFECTED WITH METAL ROOFING MATERIAL FROM A BARN LOFTED INTO AN ADJACENT TREE. A TRAILER WAS ALSO OVERTURNED...WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE MOVED FROM ITS INITIAL POSITION. EF-1 DA |
| Feb 23, 5:25 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ne Byrd, MS | BARN DESTROYED ABOUT 1 MILE S. OF NEELY-AVERA RD. AND 1/4 MILE E. OF HWY 63. |
| Feb 23, 5:32 PM CST | TORNADO | 5 E Avera, MS | A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED IN THE VICINITY OF SHADY HOLLOW ROAD. A COUPLE OF TREES WITH LARGE BRANCHES WERE SHEARED IN A FORESTED AREA SEVERAL DOZEN YARDS TO THE WEST OF THE ROAD. EF-1 DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED AS NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE EITHER UPROOTED OR |
| Feb 23, 5:40 PM CST | TORNADO | Avera, MS | TORNADO DAMAGE...TREES DOWN BETWEEN AVERA AND KNOBTOWN MS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
949
WFUS54 KMOB 232244
TORMOB
MSC041-111-153-232330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0016.160223T2244Z-160223T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
444 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 530 PM CST
* AT 444 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW AUGUSTA...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHTON...
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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEW AUGUSTA AROUND 450 PM CST.
BEAUMONT AROUND 455 PM CST.
RICHTON AROUND 505 PM 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 3116 8915 3161 8869 3142 8847 3101 8904
3110 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 225DEG 37KT 3113 8905
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BUTTS3 follow-up statements
733
WWUS54 KMOB 232256
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
456 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC041-111-153-232330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160223T2330Z/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-PERRY MS-
456 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 455 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW AUGUSTA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF RICHTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RICHTON AROUND 505 PM CST.
CLARA AROUND 530 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3161 8869 3142 8847 3112 8890 3115 8904
3122 8909
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 221DEG 39KT 3122 8897
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BUTTS348
WWUS54 KMOB 232309
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
509 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC041-111-153-232330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160223T2330Z/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-PERRY MS-
509 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES...
AT 509 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RICHTON...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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN GREENE AND NORTHEASTERN PERRY
COUNTIES.
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 3161 8869 3142 8847 3112 8890 3117 8900
3128 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 224DEG 34KT 3131 8887
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BUTTS541
WWUS54 KMOB 232321
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
521 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
MSC111-232331-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160223T2330Z/
PERRY MS-
521 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3161 8869 3142 8847 3117 8883 3118 8884
3143 8884 3143 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 225DEG 37KT 3140 8877
$$
MSC041-153-232330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160223T2330Z/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
521 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 521 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF RICHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLARA.
LAT...LON 3161 8869 3142 8847 3117 8883 3118 8884
3143 8884 3143 8887
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 225DEG 37KT 3140 8877
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BUTTSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 11:45 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 7 days |
| Feb 23, 4:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 38 min |
| Feb 23, 4:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Stone | 52 min |
| Feb 23, 5:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 45 min |
| Feb 23, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 49 min |
| Feb 23, 5:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 62 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.