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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2024, 3:42 PM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 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
- Dec 27, 2024, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2024, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 617 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted.
224
WFUS54 KMOB 272142
TORMOB
ALC023-MSC153-272230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0021.241227T2142Z-241227T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
342 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northeastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 430 PM CST.
* At 341 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Shubuta, or 8 miles north of
Waynesboro, 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
southwestern Choctaw and northeastern 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 3183 8835 3175 8870 3181 8874 3185 8867
3185 8863 3189 8848 3190 8847 3194 8847
3197 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 237DEG 21KT 3179 8868
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM3 follow-up statements
032
WWUS54 KMOB 272200
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
400 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
ALC023-MSC153-272230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-241227T2230Z/
Choctaw AL-Wayne MS-
400 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
At 400 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Crandall, or 14 miles northeast of
Waynesboro, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Choctaw and northeastern Wayne Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8855 3186 8859 3189 8848 3190 8847
3194 8847 3197 8841 3184 8835
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 244DEG 24KT 3186 8852
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM138
WWUS54 KMOB 272216
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
416 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
MSC153-272225-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-241227T2230Z/
Wayne MS-
416 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3188 8837 3186 8847 3194 8847 3197 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 237DEG 21KT 3191 8843
$$
ALC023-272230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-241227T2230Z/
Choctaw AL-
416 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY...
At 415 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Gilbertown, or 17 miles southwest of
Butler, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Choctaw County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3188 8837 3186 8847 3194 8847 3197 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 237DEG 21KT 3191 8843
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM192 WWUS54 KMOB 272226 SVSMOB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 426 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024 ALC023-272236- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-241227T2230Z/ Choctaw AL- 426 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CST... The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened. moved out of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. LAT...LON 3188 8837 3186 8847 3194 8847 3197 8841 TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 237DEG 21KT 3194 8837 $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 11:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 12:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Dec 27, 2:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Dec 27, 3:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 9 min |
| Dec 27, 3:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 106 min |
| Dec 27, 3:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Dec 27, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| Dec 27, 9:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 51 min |
| Dec 27, 10:02 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 2:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wayne | 46 min |
| Dec 27, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 4:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 21 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.