Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2009, 10:34 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 41 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2009, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2009, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:22 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Thomasville, AL | 12 TO 15 TREES DOWN ALONG GATES DRIVE NEAR HWY 5. |
| Apr 12, 11:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Thomasville, AL | MULTIPLE REPORTS OF DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL IN THOMASVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 130334
TORMOB
ALC023-025-130415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0032.090413T0334Z-090413T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1034 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR LOU...OR
ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WOODS BLUFF BY 1045 PM CDT...
BASHI BY 1100 PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3181 8769 3182 8824 3197 8829 3201 8782
3200 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0333Z 257DEG 36KT 3191 8818
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 130401
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1101 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
ALC023-130411-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090413T0415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-
1101 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3194 8773 3185 8771 3182 8806 3199 8805
3201 8782 3200 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 261DEG 26KT 3192 8797
$$
ALC025-130415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-090413T0415Z/
CLARKE AL-
1101 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 1100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR OPINE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TALLAHATTA SPRINGS AND BASHI BY 1110 PM CDT...
7 MILES WEST OF THOMASVILLE AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RURAL BY 1115
PM CDT...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3194 8773 3185 8771 3182 8806 3199 8805
3201 8782 3200 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 261DEG 26KT 3192 8797
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 12, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Apr 12, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 58 min |
| Apr 12, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 58 min |
| Apr 13, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 53 min |
| Apr 13, 3:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 29 min |
| Apr 13, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 21 min |
| Apr 13, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 36 min |
| Apr 13, 5:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 6:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 min |
| Apr 13, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 24 min |
| Apr 13, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Apr 13, 7:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 13, 7:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 42 min |
| Apr 13, 8:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Apr 13, 8:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 40 min |
| Apr 13, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 9:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 115 min |
| Apr 13, 9:37 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Apr 13, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 days |
| Apr 13, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 79 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 23 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Apr 13, 2:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 50 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 13, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.