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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2025, 2:22 PM CST for Greene County, Perry County, Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 38 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
- Feb 12, 2025, 2:22 PM CST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2025, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
120
WFUS54 KMOB 122022
TORMOB
MSC041-111-153-122100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.250212T2022Z-250212T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
222 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
Southwestern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
Northwestern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 300 PM CST.
* At 222 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Sunrise, or 7 miles southeast of
Petal, moving northeast 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
northern Perry, southwestern Wayne and northwestern Greene
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 3164 8894 3172 8886
3148 8858 3118 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 228DEG 38KT 3125 8919
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM3 follow-up statements
811
WWUS54 KMOB 122032
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
232 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
MSC041-111-153-122100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250212T2100Z/
Perry MS-Wayne MS-Greene MS-
232 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 232 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Macedonia, or 9 miles west of
Richton, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Richton and Clara.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3123 8914 3133 8914 3143 8904 3143 8894
3153 8894 3167 8880 3148 8858 3142 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 232DEG 35KT 3130 8909
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM359
WWUS54 KMOB 122045
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
245 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
MSC041-111-153-122100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250212T2100Z/
Perry MS-Wayne MS-Greene MS-
245 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES...
At 244 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Richton, moving east at 35 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.
Locations impacted include...
Richton.
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 3127 8903 3134 8910 3143 8900 3143 8894
3148 8894 3156 8885 3143 8867 3142 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 248DEG 29KT 3133 8899
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM716
WWUS54 KMOB 122100
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
300 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
MSC041-111-153-122110-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-250212T2100Z/
Perry MS-Wayne MS-Greene MS-
300 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE AND
NORTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for southeastern
Mississippi.
LAT...LON 3127 8903 3134 8910 3143 8900 3143 8894
3148 8894 3156 8885 3143 8867 3142 8869
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 228DEG 38KT 3144 8885
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 17 min |
| Feb 12, 5:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 17 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.