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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2024Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2024, 1:16 AM CST for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 29 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 9, 2024, 1:16 AM CST (07:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 1:45 AM CST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 8, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 510 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 919 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1407 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

764 
WFUS54 KMOB 090716
TORMOB
MSC153-090745-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.240109T0716Z-240109T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
116 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 145 AM CST.
    
* At 115 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles east of Mill Creek, or 11 miles west of
  Waynesboro, moving northeast at 65 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 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3184 8874 3184 8873 3185 8863 3189 8847
      3181 8847 3157 8889 3162 8894 3164 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0715Z 226DEG 55KT 3165 8884 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

RD

2 follow-up statements

881 
WWUS54 KMOB 090724
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
124 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

MSC153-090745-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240109T0745Z/
Wayne MS-
124 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...
    
At 124 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles south of Shubuta, or 7 miles northwest of
Waynesboro, moving northeast at 65 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3168 8877 3175 8882 3184 8874 3184 8873
      3185 8863 3189 8847 3181 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0724Z 233DEG 58KT 3176 8872 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

RD

081 
WWUS54 KMOB 090739
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
139 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

MSC153-090748-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-240109T0745Z/
Wayne MS-
139 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.

Remember, a Tornado Warning still remains in effect for southwestern 
Wayne county until 200 AM CST.

LAT...LON 3168 8877 3175 8882 3184 8874 3184 8873
      3185 8863 3189 8847 3181 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0738Z 226DEG 55KT 3191 8854 

$$

RD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 8, 6:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Stone	28 min
Jan 9, 12:09 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	George, Greene	3 hr
Jan 9, 12:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	George, Greene	38 min
Jan 9, 1:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry, Wayne	30 min
Jan 9, 1:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	53 min
Jan 9, 3:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	47 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.