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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Mobile, AL

June 24, 2020George County, Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2020, 10:43 AM CDT for George County, Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2020, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2020, 11:30 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 24, 11:14 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Merrill, MS	SEVERAL TREES DOWN. TREE FELL AND DAMAGED A CARPORT AND HOUSE. PICTURES AND VIDEO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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: 1752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 8.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

846 
WFUS54 KMOB 241543
TORMOB
MSC039-041-111-241630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0051.200624T1543Z-200624T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1043 AM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern George County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Southeastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Southern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 1130 AM CDT.
    
* At 1043 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 14 miles south of McLain, or 16 miles west of
  Lucedale, moving northeast 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...
  Leakesville around 1130 AM 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.

Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3123 8861 3103 8843 3102 8843 3084 8885
      3087 8889 3091 8889 3091 8893 3092 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 230DEG 23KT 3089 8886 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

1 follow-up statement

126 
WWUS54 KMOB 241602
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1102 AM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020

MSC039-041-111-241630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-200624T1630Z/
George MS-Perry MS-Greene MS-
1102 AM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN GEORGE...SOUTHEASTERN PERRY AND SOUTHERN GREENE
COUNTIES...
        
At 1101 AM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 10 miles west of
Lucedale, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

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 tornado will be near...
  Leakesville around 1145 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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.

Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3123 8861 3103 8843 3102 8843 3084 8885
      3087 8889 3091 8889 3091 8893 3092 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1601Z 230DEG 23KT 3096 8877 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 24, 10:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	41 min
Jun 24, 10:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	41 min
Jun 24, 10:27 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Perry, Stone	48 min
Jun 24, 11:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene	36 min
Jun 24, 11:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	37 min
Jun 24, 12:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	62 min
Jun 24, 1:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	66 min
Jun 24, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	56 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.