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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

January 3, 2023Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2023, 10:48 PM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 42 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: Jan 3, 2023, 10:48 PM CST (04:48 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2023, 11:30 PM CST
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:51 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
Jan 3, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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: 1753 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 273 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.8
Supercell composite: 9.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

661 
WFUS54 KMOB 040448
TORMOB
MSC153-040530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.230104T0448Z-230104T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1048 PM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 1130 PM CST.
    
* At 1048 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Sandersville, or 6 miles northeast of
  Laurel, moving east at 45 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
  northwestern 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 3183 8893 3183 8876 3185 8866 3173 8894
      3182 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 250DEG 41KT 3175 8904 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

513 
WWUS54 KMOB 040523
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1123 PM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

MSC153-040533-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-230104T0530Z/
Wayne MS-
1123 PM CST Tue Jan 3 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1130 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight CST for
southeastern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3183 8893 3183 8876 3185 8866 3173 8894
      3182 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 250DEG 41KT 3188 8861 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 6:02 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	20 min
Jan 3, 7:33 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	42 min
Jan 3, 8:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	46 min
Jan 3, 10:50 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wayne	6 hr
Jan 3, 10:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene, Perry	48 min
Jan 3, 11:16 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	6 hr
Jan 3, 11:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	48 min
Jan 3, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	34 min
Jan 4, 12:03 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Perry, Stone	42 min
Jan 4, 12:24 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	6 hr
Jan 4, 12:41 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	6 hr
Jan 4, 12:45 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Greene, Stone	45 min
Jan 4, 12:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	51 min
Jan 4, 1:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Stone	59 min
Jan 4, 2:05 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	6 hr
Jan 4, 2:47 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	George	58 min
Jan 4, 8:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry	4 days
Jan 4, 8:26 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Wayne	5 days
Jan 4, 8:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Jackson	49 hr

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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.