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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

February 12, 2025Stone County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2025, 4:46 PM CST for Stone County, Mississippi. It was in force for 17 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, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2025, 5:03 PM CST
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 89 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: 556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

451 
WFUS54 KMOB 122246
TORMOB
MSC131-122315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.250212T2246Z-250212T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
446 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Eastern Stone County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 515 PM CST.

* At 446 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Saucier, or 13 miles south of Wiggins, moving
  northeast 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  McHenry around 450 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 3090 8902 3078 8888 3076 8889 3068 8903
      3068 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 230DEG 32KT 3066 8915 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

706 
WWUS54 KMOB 122303
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
503 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

MSC131-122313-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250212T2315Z/
Stone MS-
503 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN STONE COUNTY 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for southeastern
Mississippi.

LAT...LON 3090 8902 3078 8888 3076 8889 3068 8903
      3068 8922
TIME...MOT...LOC 2302Z 230DEG 32KT 3076 8901 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 2:22 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	38 min
Feb 12, 3:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Wayne	46 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.