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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 17, 2022, 8:13 PM CDT for Perry County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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
- Apr 17, 2022, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2022, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Perry County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 8:19 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Richton, MS | A BRIEF EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 42 WEST OF RICHTON MS. THE TORNADO DESTROYED A COUPLE OF BARNS AND SNAPPED A COUPLE A TREES AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY 42 WITH A MAX WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. THE TORNADO QUICKLY LIFTED AS IT CROSSED HIGHWA |
| Apr 17, 8:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Richton, MS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
190
WFUS54 KMOB 180113
TORMOB
MSC111-180145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0067.220418T0113Z-220418T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
813 PM CDT Sun Apr 17 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 813 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Richton, moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
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...
Richton around 825 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 3144 8902 3144 8898 3142 8884 3116 8884
3136 8908
TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 304DEG 17KT 3137 8900
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
JLH2 follow-up statements
986
WWUS54 KMOB 180129
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
829 PM CDT Sun Apr 17 2022
MSC111-180145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-220418T0145Z/
Perry MS-
829 PM CDT Sun Apr 17 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...
At 828 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Richton, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Perry County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3142 8884 3122 8884 3132 8898 3144 8897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 287DEG 16KT 3137 8892
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
CGAL547
WWUS54 KMOB 180153
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
853 PM CDT Sun Apr 17 2022
MSC111-180202-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-220418T0145Z/
Perry MS-
853 PM CDT Sun Apr 17 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. However
additional storms to the west will likely produce damaging winds up
to 60 mph and large hail.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
southeastern Mississippi.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
Perry county until 9:15 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 3142 8884 3122 8884 3132 8898 3144 8897
TIME...MOT...LOC 0152Z 304DEG 17KT 3131 8881
$$
JLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 52 min |
| Apr 17, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 48 min |
| Apr 17, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 27 min |
| Apr 17, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 53 min |
| Apr 17, 9:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 22 min |
| Apr 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 12:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry | 39 min |
| Apr 18, 8:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 6 days |
| Apr 18, 8:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 6 days |
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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.