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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL

March 22, 2022Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2022, 6:01 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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: Mar 22, 2022, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2022, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 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), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 22, 10:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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: 69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 478 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

644 
WFUS54 KMOB 222301
TORMOB
MSC153-222345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.220322T2301Z-220322T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
601 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 645 PM CDT.
    
* At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southwest of Clara, or 12 miles northeast 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...
  Clara around 610 PM CDT.
  Waynesboro around 615 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 3179 8847 3143 8869 3143 8887 3183 8881
      3185 8863 3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 208DEG 52KT 3146 8877 

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

$$

CGAL

2 follow-up statements

930 
WWUS54 KMOB 222311
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
611 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

MSC153-222345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-220322T2345Z/
Wayne MS-
611 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
WAYNE COUNTY...
    
At 610 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Clara, or 6 miles south 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Waynesboro around 620 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 3179 8847 3153 8863 3153 8876 3184 8871
      3185 8863 3189 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 212DEG 50KT 3158 8867 

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

$$

CGAL

290 
WWUS54 KMOB 222326
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
626 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

MSC153-222345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-220322T2345Z/
Wayne MS-
626 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
    
At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northeast 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
northeastern 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 3164 8856 3170 8863 3185 8862 3189 8847
      3179 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 209DEG 34KT 3172 8858 

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

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry, Wayne	49 min
Mar 22, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	38 min
Mar 22, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	43 min
Mar 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	48 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.