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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2017, 12:59 PM CDT for Greene County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 22 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
- Aug 30, 2017, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2017, 1:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1853 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 13.7
The text
As transmitted.
396
WFUS54 KMOB 301759
TORMOB
ALC129-MSC041-301845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0050.170830T1759Z-170830T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1259 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
Eastern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 145 PM CDT
* At 1258 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located between Bradley and Leakesville, moving
northeast 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...
State Line and Fruitdale around 145 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 3143 8858 3144 8845 3144 8843 3143 8841
3135 8837 3109 8855 3115 8870
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 208DEG 16KT 3116 8859
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Butts2 follow-up statements
798
WWUS54 KMOB 301813
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
113 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017
ALC129-MSC041-301845-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-170830T1845Z/
Washington AL-Greene MS-
113 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 112 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located just southeast of Clark, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Fruitdale around 130 PM CDT.
State Line around 145 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8858 3144 8845 3144 8843 3143 8841
3135 8837 3115 8851 3128 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 200DEG 22KT 3126 8855
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Butts358
WWUS54 KMOB 301821
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
121 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017
ALC129-MSC041-301831-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-170830T1845Z/
Washington AL-Greene MS-
121 PM CDT WED AUG 30 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHEASTERN
GREENE COUNTIES 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. However, gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
Additional statements will be issued as conditions warrant.
LAT...LON 3143 8858 3144 8845 3144 8843 3143 8841
3135 8837 3115 8851 3128 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 208DEG 16KT 3130 8853
$$
ButtsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 19 min |
| Aug 30, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 11:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry, Stone | 50 min |
| Aug 30, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 40 min |
| Aug 30, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 7:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 63 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 days |
| Aug 30, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Aug 30, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Aug 30, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Aug 30, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Aug 30, 2:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 3:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 30, 4:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Aug 30, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 4:15 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 38 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Aug 30, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Aug 30, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 30, 5:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 82 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 30, 7:07 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 35 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:07 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 35 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Aug 30, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Aug 30, 12:52 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 63 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 1:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 48 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:30 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 30, 1:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 29 min |
| Aug 30, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Aug 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 64 min |
| Aug 30, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 66 min |
| Aug 30, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 50 min |
| Aug 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.