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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2024, 1:30 AM CST for Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 30 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, 1:30 AM CST (07:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2024, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
943
WFUS54 KMOB 090730
TORMOB
MSC111-153-090800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.240109T0730Z-240109T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
130 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southwestern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 200 AM CST.
* At 130 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Macedonia, or 7 miles east of Petal, 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
northwestern Perry and southwestern Wayne Counties.
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 8915 3143 8894 3173 8894 3157 8860
3129 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 226DEG 54KT 3138 8912
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RD1 follow-up statement
495
WWUS54 KMOB 090755
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
155 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024
MSC111-153-090805-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240109T0800Z/
Perry MS-Wayne MS-
155 AM CST Tue Jan 9 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PERRY AND SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 AM CST...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 AM CST for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3143 8915 3143 8894 3173 8894 3157 8860
3129 8915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 270DEG 54KT 3163 8881
$$
RDThe 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 | MOB | George, Greene | 38 min |
| Jan 9, 1:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 29 min |
| Jan 9, 1:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 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.