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Tornado Warning 105, NWS Mobile, AL

December 14, 2022Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 14, 2022, 3:04 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 41 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, 3:04 PM CST (21:04 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2022, 3:45 PM CST
In force: 41 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), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.

045 
WFUS54 KMOB 142104
TORMOB
MSC153-142145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0105.221214T2104Z-221214T2145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 345 PM CST.
    
* At 303 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles east of Ovett, or 10 miles north of Richton,
  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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Waynesboro around 335 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 3159 8894 3185 8870 3185 8860 3180 8855
      3173 8852 3144 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 224DEG 36KT 3151 8895 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

604 
WWUS54 KMOB 142127
SVSMOB

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

MSC153-142145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0105.000000T0000Z-221214T2145Z/
Wayne MS-
327 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY...
    
At 326 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west 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
northern 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 3185 8870 3185 8860 3182 8857 3177 8854
      3161 8881 3166 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 220DEG 34KT 3169 8878 

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, 1:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	40 min
Dec 14, 2:54 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	16 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.