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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2022, 1:52 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 23 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: Jan 9, 2022, 1:52 PM CST (19:52 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2022, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 23 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 9, 10:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 452 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

393 
WFUS54 KMOB 091952
TORMOB
MSC153-092015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.220109T1952Z-220109T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
152 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 215 PM CST.
    
* At 151 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles south of Clara, or 14 miles south of
  Waynesboro, moving east 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...
  Buckatunna around 215 PM CST.

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 3148 8873 3156 8846 3146 8845 3144 8871
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 261DEG 22KT 3147 8869 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

451 
WWUS54 KMOB 092004
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
204 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

MSC153-092015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-220109T2015Z/
Wayne MS-
204 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
    
At 204 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southwest of Buckatunna, or 14 miles south of
Waynesboro, moving east 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Wayne 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 3149 8864 3155 8846 3146 8845 3145 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 263DEG 22KT 3148 8859 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 12:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	50 min
Jan 9, 1:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	14 min
Jan 9, 1:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wayne	46 min
Jan 9, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	46 min
Jan 9, 1:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry	47 min
Jan 9, 2:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	43 min
Jan 9, 2:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	41 min
Jan 9, 4:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	49 min
Jan 9, 4:32 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	43 min
Jan 9, 5:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Stone	54 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.