Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2019, 11:14 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 13, 2019, 11:14 PM CDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2019, 11:42 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 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), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 639 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
323
WFUS54 KMOB 140414
TORMOB
MSC153-140500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.190414T0414Z-190414T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1114 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1113 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Tuckers Crossing, or 5 miles southeast of
Laurel, moving northeast at 45 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 3182 8894 3184 8873 3163 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0413Z 222DEG 41KT 3165 8907
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
945
WWUS54 KMOB 140431 RRA
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1131 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
MSC153-140500-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-190414T0500Z/
Wayne MS-
1131 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
At 1129 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles east of Sandersville, or 14 miles northeast of
Laurel, moving northeast at 45 mph. If you are west of Eucutta
and north of Lightsey, take cover now.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Wayne County west of Eucutta and north of Lightsey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 8879 3172 8894 3182 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 222DEG 41KT 3179 8892
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$087
WWUS54 KMOB 140442
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1142 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
MSC153-140450-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-190414T0500Z/
Wayne MS-
1142 PM CDT Sat Apr 13 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3183 8879 3172 8894 3182 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 222DEG 41KT 3189 8881
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 57 min |
| Apr 14, 12:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 12:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Stone | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 50 min |
| Apr 14, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 14, 10:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 11 days |
| Apr 14, 10:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 13 days |
| Apr 14, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 12 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.