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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

January 13, 2006Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 10:14 AM CST for Butler County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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: Jan 13, 2006, 10:14 AM CST (16:14 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 10:30 AM CST
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Butler County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:11 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 525 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 131614
TORMOB
ALC013-041-131630-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.060113T1614Z-060113T1630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1014 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1030 AM CST

* AT 1009 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF HONORAVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SAVILLE BY 1020 AM CST
  HIGHLAND HOME BY 1025 AM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
MARBLE-SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3181 8658 3170 8647 3184 8617 3200 8618
      3199 8639

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 131626
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1025 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

ALC013-131635-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060113T1630Z/
BUTLER AL-
1025 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BUTLER NORTHEAST COUNTY IS CANCELLED BUT 
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS FOR AN APPROACHING CELL 
MOVING OUT OF CONECUH COUNTY...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3190 8644 3178 8644 3184 8617 3200 8618
      3197 8636

$$

ALC041-131630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060113T1630Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
1025 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY...

AT 1019 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HONORAVILLE...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BRADLEYTON...HIGHLAND HOME AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETREY BY 1030
  AM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3190 8644 3178 8644 3184 8617 3200 8618
      3197 8636

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 131628 CCA
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT...COIRRECTED GEOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1028 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

ALC013-131635-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060113T1630Z/
BUTLER AL-
1025 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED 
BUT REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN SECTIONS FOR AN APPROACHING CELL 
MOVING OUT OF CONECUH COUNTY...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3190 8644 3178 8644 3184 8617 3200 8618
      3197 8636

$$

ALC041-131630-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060113T1630Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
1025 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
CRENSHAW COUNTY...

AT 1019 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HONORAVILLE...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BRADLEYTON...HIGHLAND HOME AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PETREY BY 1030
  AM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3190 8644 3178 8644 3184 8617 3200 8618
      3197 8636

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	48 min
Jan 13, 8:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	26 min
Jan 13, 8:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	34 min
Jan 13, 9:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	31 min
Jan 13, 9:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	29 min
Jan 13, 9:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
Jan 13, 9:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh	26 min
Jan 13, 10:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	43 min
Jan 13, 10:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw	41 min
Jan 13, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	31 min
Jan 13, 11:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.