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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

December 27, 2024Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2024, 4:11 PM CST for Perry County, Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 21 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, 4:11 PM CST (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2024, 4:32 PM CST
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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 nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1451 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2024-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 220 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1451 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

370 
WFUS54 KMOB 272211
TORMOB
MSC111-131-272300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.241227T2211Z-241227T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
411 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Northeastern Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 500 PM CST.

* At 410 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Perkinston, or 5 miles south of Wiggins, moving
  east at 20 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Perkinston around 415 PM CST.

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 3094 8888 3091 8888 3091 8889 3078 8888
      3077 8889 3075 8919 3082 8921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 248DEG 18KT 3079 8916 

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

$$

MM
1 follow-up statement
710 
WWUS54 KMOB 272232
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
432 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024

MSC111-131-272241-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-241227T2300Z/
Perry MS-Stone MS-
432 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PERRY AND NORTHEASTERN STONE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3094 8888 3091 8888 3091 8889 3078 8888
      3077 8889 3075 8919 3082 8921
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 248DEG 18KT 3083 8904 

$$

MM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 27, 9:24 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBStone51 min
Dec 27, 10:02 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBPerry43 min
Dec 27, 12:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGeorge24 min
Dec 27, 2:59 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWayne46 min
Dec 27, 3:01 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne44 min
Dec 27, 3:42 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne48 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.