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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

February 12, 2025Greene County, Perry County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2025, 5:02 PM CST for Greene County, Perry 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, 5:02 PM CST (23:02 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2025, 5:19 PM CST
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Greene County, MS, Perry County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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, 11.0 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.

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.

777 
WFUS54 KMOB 122302
TORMOB
MSC041-111-122330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0004.250212T2302Z-250212T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Perry County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Northern Greene County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 530 PM CST.

* At 501 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles northeast of Beaumont, or 11 miles southeast of
  Richton, 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
  east central Perry and northern 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 3118 8895 3144 8869 3131 8846 3112 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 231DEG 38KT 3119 8886 

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

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

071 
WWUS54 KMOB 122309
SVSMOB

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

MSC111-122319-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250212T2330Z/
Perry MS-
509 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3144 8869 3144 8868 3131 8846 3117 8884
      3129 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 231DEG 38KT 3124 8878 

$$

MSC041-122330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250212T2330Z/
Greene MS-
509 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
GREENE COUNTY...

At 509 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northeast of Beaumont, or 11 miles southeast of
Richton, 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 Greene 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 3144 8869 3144 8868 3131 8846 3117 8884
      3129 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 231DEG 38KT 3124 8878 

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

$$

MM

490 
WWUS54 KMOB 122319
SVSMOB

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

MSC041-122328-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250212T2330Z/
Greene MS-
519 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN GREENE 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 3144 8869 3144 8868 3131 8846 3117 8884
      3129 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2316Z 231DEG 38KT 3130 8869 

$$

MM

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, 4:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Stone	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.