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Tornado Warning 72, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 28, 2020, 1:12 AM CDT for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 18 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 28, 2020, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2020, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Stone County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:12 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 nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 1953 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
147
WFUS54 KMOB 280612
TORMOB
MSC131-280630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0072.201028T0612Z-201028T0630Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
112 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 130 AM CDT.
* At 111 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles north of Latimer, or 15 miles north of St.
Martin, moving north at 15 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
southeastern Stone 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 3079 8897 3078 8888 3068 8889 3068 8899
3073 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0611Z 165DEG 15KT 3065 8892
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black1 follow-up statement
482
WWUS54 KMOB 280624
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
124 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
MSC131-280634-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0072.000000T0000Z-201028T0630Z/
Stone MS-
124 AM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN STONE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
130 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3079 8897 3078 8888 3068 8889 3068 8899
3073 8903
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 165DEG 15KT 3066 8892
$$
BlackThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 10:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Wayne | 21 days |
| Oct 28, 10:36 AM CDT | Hurricane Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 15 hr |
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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.