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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2021, 7:13 PM CDT for Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Mar 30, 2021, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 1108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 775 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted.
826
WFUS54 KMOB 310013
TORMOB
MSC041-111-310100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0017.210331T0013Z-210331T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
713 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southwestern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 712 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of McLain, or 16 miles west of Lucedale,
moving northeast at 20 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...
McLain around 730 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 8882 3116 8866 3100 8882 3100 8884
3097 8884 3100 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 216DEG 19KT 3101 8886
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CGAL1 follow-up statement
090
WWUS54 KMOB 310029
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
729 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021
MSC111-310038-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210331T0100Z/
Perry MS-
729 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area.Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3123 8882 3116 8866 3100 8882 3100 8884
3109 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 216DEG 19KT 3108 8880
$$
MSC041-310100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210331T0100Z/
Greene MS-
729 PM CDT Tue Mar 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY...
At 728 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over McLain, or 15 miles west of Leakesville, moving
northeast at 20 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
southwestern Greene 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 8882 3116 8866 3100 8882 3100 8884
3109 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 216DEG 19KT 3108 8880
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
CGALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry | 108 min |
| Mar 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 54 min |
| Mar 31, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 1:43 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 13 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 56 min |
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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.