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Tornado Warning 93, NWS Mobile, AL

November 29, 2022Greene County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2022, 1:32 PM CST for Greene County, Mississippi. It was in force for 43 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: Nov 29, 2022, 1:32 PM CST (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2022, 2:15 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Greene County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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 nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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: 451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

238 
WFUS54 KMOB 291932
TORMOB
MSC041-292015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0093.221129T1932Z-221129T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
132 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 215 PM CST.
    
* At 131 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles northeast of McLain, or 12 miles west of
  Leakesville, moving northeast at 25 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 Greene 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 3143 8862 3143 8857 3130 8844 3114 8877
      3121 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 230DEG 21KT 3121 8875 

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

$$

3 follow-up statements

691 
WWUS54 KMOB 291943
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
143 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

MSC041-292015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-221129T2015Z/
Greene MS-
143 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...
    
At 142 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles northwest of Leakesville, moving northeast at 25
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 Greene 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 3143 8857 3131 8845 3121 8868 3126 8873
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 230DEG 21KT 3125 8869 

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

$$

544 
WWUS54 KMOB 291959
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
159 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

MSC041-292015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-221129T2015Z/
Greene MS-
159 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY...
    
At 159 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles southwest of State Line, or 11 miles north of
Leakesville, moving northeast at 25 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 Greene 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 3141 8855 3134 8848 3128 8861 3131 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 229DEG 22KT 3132 8859 

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

$$

504 
WWUS54 KMOB 292011
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
211 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

MSC041-292020-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0093.000000T0000Z-221129T2015Z/
Greene MS-
211 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
215 PM CST...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3141 8855 3134 8848 3128 8861 3131 8864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 230DEG 21KT 3136 8854 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 2:19 AM CST	Flood Watch	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne	27 hr
Nov 29, 2:45 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	George, Stone	6 hr
Nov 29, 1:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene	43 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.