Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2017, 4:03 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 17 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, 4:03 PM CDT (21:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2017, 4:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
055
WFUS54 KMOB 212103
TORMOB
MSC041-212145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0037.170621T2103Z-170621T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
403 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 445 PM CDT
* At 403 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles north of Lucedale, moving northwest at 30 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...
Leakesville around 420 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3100 8845 3100 8861 3126 8884 3138 8850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 150DEG 25KT 3103 8854
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
434
WWUS54 KMOB 212120
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
420 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
MSC041-212130-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170621T2145Z/
Greene MS-
420 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3100 8845 3100 8861 3126 8884 3138 8850
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 150DEG 25KT 3114 8861
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 12 hr |
| Jun 21, 9:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Perry | 5 days |
| Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 6 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.