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Tornado Warning 102, NWS Mobile, AL

December 14, 2022Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 14, 2022, 1:35 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 40 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: Dec 14, 2022, 1:35 PM CST (19:35 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2022, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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
Dec 14, 12:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 248 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 8.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

876 
WFUS54 KMOB 141935
TORMOB
MSC153-142015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0102.221214T1935Z-221214T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
135 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 215 PM CST.
    
* At 134 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles southeast of Tuckers Crossing, or 10 miles
  southeast of Laurel, moving northeast at 40 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
  northwestern 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 3182 8894 3183 8876 3186 8860 3183 8856
      3155 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 220DEG 34KT 3158 8903 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

693 
WWUS54 KMOB 142000
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
200 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

MSC153-142015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0102.000000T0000Z-221214T2015Z/
Wayne MS-
200 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
    
At 200 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northeast of Mill Creek, or 11 miles northwest of
Waynesboro, moving northeast at 40 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
northwestern 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 3182 8894 3183 8876 3185 8864 3178 8866
      3165 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 226DEG 34KT 3176 8882 

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
Dec 14, 3:13 AM CST	Flood Watch	MOB	Perry, Wayne	16 hr
Dec 14, 4:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Jones	43 min
Dec 14, 5:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	33 min
Dec 14, 7:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	43 min
Dec 14, 2:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	16 min
Dec 14, 3:04 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	41 min
Dec 14, 3:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wayne	3 hr
Dec 14, 3:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	40 min
Dec 14, 3:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Perry, Stone	49 min
Dec 14, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	36 min
Dec 14, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	47 min
Dec 14, 4:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	47 min
Dec 14, 5:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene	26 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.