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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Mobile, AL

March 31, 2016Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2016, 8:31 AM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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: Mar 31, 2016, 8:31 AM CDT (13:31 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 31, 8:32 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W New Augusta, MS	REPORTS OF NUMEROUS TREES DOWN/UPROOTED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF US HIGHWAY 98 IN PERRY COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 596 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 466 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 554 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 8.6

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The text

As transmitted.

634 
WFUS54 KMOB 311331
TORMOB
MSC111-311400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0029.160331T1331Z-160331T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
831 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT
    
* AT 831 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW AUGUSTA...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PETAL...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
  NEW AUGUSTA AROUND 840 AM CDT. 
  BEAUMONT AROUND 900 AM 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3124 8915 3129 8884 3103 8884 3101 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1331Z 266DEG 21KT 3115 8911 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS

3 follow-up statements

999 
WWUS54 KMOB 311341
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
841 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSC111-311400-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160331T1400Z/
PERRY MS-
841 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
PERRY COUNTY...
    
AT 841 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAUMONT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF RICHTON...MOVING EAST
AT 40 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...
  BEAUMONT AROUND 845 AM 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.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3125 8907 3129 8884 3103 8884 3101 8910
TIME...MOT...LOC 1341Z 268DEG 36KT 3115 8898 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS

405 
WWUS54 KMOB 311350
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
850 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSC111-311400-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160331T1400Z/
PERRY MS-
850 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...
    
AT 850 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BEAUMONT...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF RICHTON...MOVING EAST
AT 30 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN PERRY 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 3126 8898 3129 8884 3103 8884 3102 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1350Z 265DEG 27KT 3115 8890 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS

122 
WWUS54 KMOB 311359
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
859 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

MSC111-311408-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160331T1400Z/
PERRY MS-
859 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
900 AM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3126 8898 3129 8884 3103 8884 3102 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1357Z 266DEG 21KT 3115 8890 

$$

BUTTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	62 min
Mar 31, 9:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	67 min
Mar 31, 9:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene	2 hr
Mar 31, 9:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Wayne	8 days
Mar 31, 2:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	4 days
Mar 31, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	43 min
Mar 31, 5:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wayne	3 hr

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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.