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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 21, 2017, 4:24 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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
- Jan 21, 2017, 4:24 AM CST (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2017, 4:45 AM CST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1897 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
125
WFUS54 KMOB 211024 RRA
TORMOB
MSC153-211045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.170121T1024Z-170121T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
424 AM CST SAT JAN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 445 AM CST
* At 424 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Goodwater, or 13 miles northwest
of Waynesboro, moving northeast at 55 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
northwestern Wayne 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8887 3183 8884 3183 8876 3184 8875
3185 8864 3176 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 227DEG 48KT 3182 8879
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 3:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 23 min |
| Jan 21, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 4:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 1:14 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 5 days |
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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.