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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2026, 8:51 AM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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
- May 22, 2026, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2026, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 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), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:56 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 nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 555 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
885
WFUS54 KMOB 221351
TORMOB
MSC153-221430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0017.260522T1351Z-260522T1430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
851 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 930 AM CDT.
* At 851 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Waynesboro, moving northeast at 25 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...
Waynesboro around 855 AM CDT.
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 3182 8847 3165 8846 3163 8869 3168 8872
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 245DEG 20KT 3167 8865
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RD2 follow-up statements
006
WWUS54 KMOB 221400
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
900 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026
MSC153-221430-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260522T1430Z/
Wayne MS-
900 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...
At 859 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Waynesboro, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Wayne County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3165 8864 3171 8867 3182 8847 3166 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 243DEG 20KT 3170 8860
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RD738
WWUS54 KMOB 221411
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
911 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026
MSC153-221430-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-260522T1430Z/
Wayne MS-
911 AM CDT Fri May 22 2026
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY...
At 910 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Waynesboro, moving northeast 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east 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 3168 8858 3174 8862 3182 8847 3168 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1410Z 241DEG 19KT 3172 8854
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Perry | 33 min |
| May 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Perry | 4 hr |
| May 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Stone | 4 hr |
| May 22, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 43 min |
| May 22, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | George | 44 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.