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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Mobile, AL

March 30, 2022Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 min. 5 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: Mar 30, 2022, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2022, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 30 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), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
Mar 30, 8:43 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 Sw Woodwards, MS	THE TORNADO BEGAN 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WOODWARDS AT 8:43 PM CDT ON MARCH 30TH, 2022. THE TORNADO BEGAN OFF OF DUBIE GRAHAM DRIVE WHERE A HOUSE SUFFERED MODERATE ROOF DAMAGE WITH SHINGLES TORN OFF AND PARTIAL UPLIFT OF THE ROOF DECK. SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES WERE
Mar 30, 8:45 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Woodwards, MS	A VERY BRIEF EF1 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR MACK HAYES DRIVE AT 8:45 PM CDT MARCH 30TH, 2022. THIS TORNADO UPROOTED AND SNAPPED MULTIPLE SOFTWOOD TREES WITH ONE OR TWO LANDING ON AN ADJACENT HOME. A MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE TO ITS ROOF NEARBY. THE DAMAGE ON M
Mar 30, 8:47 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 W Waynesboro, MS	PICTURE OF METAL BUILDING WITH METAL ROOF PARTIALLY REMOVED. PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Mar 30, 8:47 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Ssw Woodwards, MS	A 100 MPH EF1 TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH NORTHWESTERN WAYNESBORO ON MARCH 30TH, 2022 AT 8:47 PM CDT. THE TORNADO BEGAN ON PINE OAK LAND ROAD AS AN EF0 WHERE IT UPROOTED SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST WITH A FAIRLY DISCONTINUOUS PATH UNTIL
Mar 30, 8:55 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Nw Denham, MS	A BRIEF EF1 TORNADO BEGAN AT 8:55 PM CDT ON MARCH 30TH, 2022 ALONG COUNTY LAKE DENHAM ROAD WHERE IT UPROOTED SEVERAL SOFTWOOD TREES AND RESULTED IN MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO NEARBY HOMES. THE TORNADO CROSSED DENHAM COMMUNITY ROAD WHERE IT BRIEFLY INTENSIFIED TO REM

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
Mar 30, 6:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

204 
WFUS54 KMOB 310130
TORMOB
MSC153-310200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0040.220331T0130Z-220331T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
830 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 900 PM CDT.
    
* At 830 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles northeast of Ovett, or 14 miles north of
  Richton, moving northeast at 60 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 840 PM CDT.
  Waynesboro around 845 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 3159 8894 3182 8864 3181 8852 3178 8847
      3169 8847 3146 8894 3149 8895
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 235DEG 51KT 3156 8889 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

712 
WWUS54 KMOB 310146 RRA
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
846 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

MSC153-310200-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-220331T0200Z/
Wayne MS-
846 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WAYNE COUNTY...
    
At 846 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Waynesboro, moving northeast at 60 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
central 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 8864 3181 8852 3178 8847 3169 8847
      3157 8873 3162 8878 3170 8880
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 235DEG 51KT 3169 8867 

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
Mar 30, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	55 min
Mar 30, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	53 min
Mar 30, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	52 min
Mar 30, 8:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	47 min
Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	51 min
Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Wayne	63 min
Mar 30, 8:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	42 min
Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	31 min
Mar 30, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	65 min
Mar 30, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MOB	George, Greene, Stone	52 min
Mar 30, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	George	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.