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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

March 15, 2025Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2025, 6:14 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 46 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: Mar 15, 2025, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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
Mar 15, 12:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 1647 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 369 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 427 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.2
Supercell composite: 15.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

055 
WFUS54 KMOB 152314
TORMOB
MSC153-160000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.250315T2314Z-250316T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
614 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 613 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles northeast of Ovett, or 13 miles east of
  Ellisville, moving northeast at 50 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
  central 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3172 8894 3183 8883 3185 8865 3188 8853
      3186 8847 3171 8847 3148 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 233DEG 45KT 3154 8899 

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

$$

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3 follow-up statements

562 
WWUS54 KMOB 152327
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
627 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

MSC153-160000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-250316T0000Z/
Wayne MS-
627 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
WAYNE COUNTY...

At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southeast of Mill Creek, or 13 miles west of
Waynesboro, 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 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3166 8894 3184 8876 3185 8865 3188 8853
      3186 8847 3177 8847 3155 8892
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 229DEG 41KT 3164 8887 

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

$$

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661 
WWUS54 KMOB 152339
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
639 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

MSC153-160000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-250316T0000Z/
Wayne MS-
639 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY...

At 638 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northwest of Waynesboro, 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
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3174 8881 3181 8873 3185 8865 3188 8853
      3186 8847 3180 8847 3168 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 229DEG 41KT 3173 8875 

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

$$

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588 
WWUS54 KMOB 152351
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
651 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

MSC153-160001-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-250316T0000Z/
Wayne MS-
651 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
700 PM CDT...

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.  However, gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and southeastern Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3174 8881 3181 8873 3185 8865 3188 8853
      3186 8847 3180 8847 3168 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 233DEG 45KT 3182 8860 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene	46 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.