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Tornado Warning 62, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2021, 2:32 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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
- Aug 30, 2021, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 2:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
523
WFUS54 KMOB 301932
TORMOB
MSC153-302015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0062.210830T1932Z-210830T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
232 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 232 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Clara, or 13 miles northeast of
Richton, moving northeast at 30 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...
Clara around 250 PM CDT.
Waynesboro around 305 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 3157 8846 3144 8874 3144 8883 3172 8884
3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 209DEG 27KT 3147 8876
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
397
WWUS54 KMOB 301953
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
253 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
MSC153-302002-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210830T2015Z/
Wayne MS-
253 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Should the
rotation suddenly re-appear a new Tornado Warning will be issued.
We are also closely watching a rotating storm to the south.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3157 8846 3144 8874 3144 8883 3172 8884
3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 209DEG 27KT 3160 8867
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 11:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 20 min |
| Aug 30, 6:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Stone | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George | 14 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 47 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.