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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 30, 2022, 1:48 AM CST for Washington County, Alabama; Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 min. 4 reports 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
- Nov 30, 2022, 1:48 AM CST (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2022, 2:30 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2:27 AM CST | TORNADO | 7 Ssw State Line, MS | THE TORNADO BEGAN NEAR HWY 57 IN GREENE COUNTY MS WHERE SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREE TRUNKS WERE SNAPPED, THEN TOOK A NORTHEAST TRACK PRODUCING DAMAGE ALONG NURSERY ROAD. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY AL AND HIT FRUITDALE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WINDOWS WER |
| Nov 30, 2:29 AM CST | TORNADO | 7 Ssw State Line, MS | DAMAGE TO TREES ALONG HIGHWAY 57 TO THE SOUTH OF JOHNSON CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH. |
| Nov 30, 2:32 AM CST | TORNADO | Fruitdale, AL | DEBRIS SIGNATURE NOTED ON RADAR. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRELIMINARILY REPORTS MAJOR DAMAGE IN THE FRUITDALE COMMUNITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Nov 30, 2:34 AM CST | TORNADO | 1 Nne Fruitdale, AL | TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG WITH STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted.
070 WUUS54 KMOB 300748 SVRMOB ALC129-MSC041-111-153-300830- /O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0252.221130T0748Z-221130T0830Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Mobile AL 148 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022 The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Washington County in southwestern Alabama... Northeastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi... Southern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi... Northern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi... * Until 230 AM CST. * At 148 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Richton, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Chatom, Tibbie, Millry, State Line, Buckatunna and Fruitdale. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CST for southwestern Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3122 8892 3151 8894 3168 8818 3122 8808 TIME...MOT...LOC 0748Z 259DEG 44KT 3136 8895 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH $$
1 follow-up statement
899
WWUS54 KMOB 300813
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
213 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
MSC111-300822-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-221130T0830Z/
Perry MS-
213 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. Another
severe thunderstorm is moving into northeastern Perry County over
the next half hour.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3128 8882 3153 8883 3168 8818 3127 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 259DEG 44KT 3141 8863
$$
ALC129-MSC041-153-300830-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-221130T0830Z/
Washington AL-Wayne MS-Greene MS-
213 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CST
FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHERN GREENE
COUNTIES...
At 212 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
State Line, or 18 miles south of Waynesboro, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Chatom, Tibbie, Millry, State Line, Buckatunna and Fruitdale.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3128 8882 3153 8883 3168 8818 3127 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 259DEG 44KT 3141 8863
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Nov 29, 11:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 12:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 2:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 2:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Nov 30, 3:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 56 min |
| Nov 30, 3:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington | 42 min |
| Nov 30, 3:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe | 65 min |
| Nov 30, 3:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 62 min |
| Nov 30, 4:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 45 min |
| Nov 30, 4:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 1 more | 53 min |
| Nov 30, 4:47 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 5:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Nov 30, 5:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 5:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Nov 30, 5:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 49 min |
| Nov 30, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Nov 30, 5:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 59 min |
| Nov 30, 5:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 6:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Nov 30, 6:01 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Nov 30, 6:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Nov 30, 7:08 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Nov 30, 8:02 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Nov 29, 11:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 50 min |
| Nov 30, 1:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 2:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 43 min |
| Nov 30, 2:11 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Nov 30, 3:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Perry, Stone | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 4:21 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | George, Stone | 3 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.