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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

June 21, 2017Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2017, 9:01 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 37 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
Jun 21, 2017, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2017, 9:38 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 10:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2017-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 485 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
485 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
506 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

993 
WFUS54 KMOB 211401
TORMOB
MSC131-211500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.170621T1401Z-170621T1500Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
901 AM CDT WED JUN 21 2017

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Western Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 1000 AM CDT
    
* At 901 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Saucier, or 16 miles south of Wiggins, moving
  northwest at 20 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...
  McHenry around 920 AM CDT. 
  Perkinston around 930 AM CDT. 
  Wiggins around 945 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 3087 8934 3091 8925 3091 8913 3068 8906
      3068 8924 3066 8924 3076 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1401Z 150DEG 18KT 3063 8911 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
782 
WWUS54 KMOB 211438
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
938 AM CDT WED JUN 21 2017

MSC131-211448-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170621T1500Z/
Stone MS-
938 AM CDT WED JUN 21 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN STONE COUNTY 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 1000 AM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3087 8934 3091 8925 3091 8913 3068 8906
      3068 8924 3066 8924 3076 8934
TIME...MOT...LOC 1437Z 150DEG 18KT 3079 8922 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 10:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Stone6 hr
Jun 21, 4:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Stone12 hr
Jun 21, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBPerry5 days
Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne24 hr
Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone38 min
Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne6 hr
Jun 21, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBGreene17 min
Jun 21, 5:51 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBGreene, Wayne6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.