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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Mobile, AL

October 13, 2001Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2001, 8:58 PM CDT for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2001, 8:58 PM CDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2001, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Oct 13, 9:25 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Dozier, AL	High winds blew down several trees near Dozier.
Oct 13, 9:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Andalusia, AL	Several trees were blown down along U. S Highway 29, just southwest of Andalusia, near Carolina.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 13, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 569 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 684 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 4.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

876 
WFUS54 KMOB 140158
TORMOB
ALC039-041-140230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
858 PM CDT SAT OCT 13 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 852 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLEARVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUTLEDGE BY 910 PM CDT
  LUVERNE BY 915 PM CDT
  PATSBURG...LIVE OAK BY 920 PM CDT
  PETREY BY 925 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...ABANDON VEHICLES AND TRAILER
HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Oct 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Oct 13, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 hr
Oct 13, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	33 min
Oct 13, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	31 min
Oct 13, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Oct 13, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler	39 min
Oct 13, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Oct 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	61 min
Oct 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	31 min
Oct 13, 9:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	54 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.