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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL

October 25, 2019Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 2019, 2:21 PM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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: Oct 25, 2019, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 25, 9:49 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

716 
WFUS54 KMOB 251921
TORMOB
MSC111-252000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.191025T1921Z-191025T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
221 PM CDT Fri Oct 25 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 300 PM CDT.
    
* At 221 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 6 miles southwest of McLain, or 18 miles northeast of
  Wiggins, 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...
  Beaumont around 240 PM CDT.
  New Augusta around 245 PM CDT.
  Richton around 300 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 8884 3091 8884 3091 8896 3132 8915
      3143 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 178DEG 21KT 3105 8891 

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

$$

JLH

1 follow-up statement

015 
WWUS54 KMOB 251942
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
242 PM CDT Fri Oct 25 2019

MSC111-252000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-191025T2000Z/
Perry MS-
242 PM CDT Fri Oct 25 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...
    
At 241 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Beaumont, or 16 miles south of Richton, moving north
at 35 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...
  Beaumont around 250 PM CDT.
  Richton around 300 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 8884 3105 8884 3105 8895 3143 8906
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 183DEG 30KT 3112 8890 

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

$$

JLH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 25, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Jackson	12 min
Oct 25, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	44 min
Oct 25, 2:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene	44 min
Oct 25, 2:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	50 min
Oct 25, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene	48 min
Oct 25, 4:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	3 hr
Oct 25, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene	43 min
Oct 25, 6:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	39 min
Oct 25, 6:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wayne	3 hr

Nearby

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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.