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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 2010, 6:45 AM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 24, 2010, 6:45 AM CST (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 2010, 7:30 AM CST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 6:50 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Coffeeville, AL | 2 TREES BROKEN IN HALF AND DOWNED ON WEST BEND ROAD ABOUT 1 MILE OFF HIGHWAY 69. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 6:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 442 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 656 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 756 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676
WFUS54 KMOB 241245
TORMOB
ALC023-025-241330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.100124T1245Z-100124T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
645 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 730 AM CST
* AT 644 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BLADON SPRINGS...
OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SERVICE...COFFEEVILLE...WOMACK HILL...WEST BEND...WOODS BLUFF...
OPINE...MORVIN...TALLAHATTA SPRINGS...HOLTAMVILLE...BASHI AND
SHAWNEE
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.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3200 8768 3168 8808 3170 8809 3170 8830
3172 8832 3201 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 1245Z 224DEG 48KT 3173 8817
$$3 follow-up statements
500 WWUS54 KMOB 241255 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 655 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ALC023-025-241330- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1330Z/ CLARKE AL-CHOCTAW AL- 655 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES... AT 653 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR WEST BEND...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WOODS BLUFF BY 700 AM CST... OPINE BY 705 AM CST... HOLTAMVILLE...TALLAHATTA SPRINGS AND MORVIN BY 710 AM CST... BASHI BY 715 AM CST... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHAWNEE BY 725 AM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AT AREA CODE 2 5 1...AND THEN 6 3 3 6 4 4 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3186 8817 3201 8801 3200 8768 3170 8805 TIME...MOT...LOC 1255Z 225DEG 40KT 3183 8807 $$
238 WWUS54 KMOB 241308 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 708 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ALC023-241317- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1330Z/ CHOCTAW AL- 708 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF CHOCTAW COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3187 8794 3195 8805 3201 8799 3200 8774 TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 224DEG 42KT 3195 8794 $$ ALC025-241330- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1330Z/ CLARKE AL- 708 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY... AT 706 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR OPINE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BASHI BY 715 AM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AT AREA CODE 2 5 1...AND THEN 6 3 3 6 4 4 3. OR...YOU MAY CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3187 8794 3195 8805 3201 8799 3200 8774 TIME...MOT...LOC 1307Z 224DEG 42KT 3195 8794 $$
951 WWUS54 KMOB 241324 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 724 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ALC025-241334- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100124T1330Z/ CLARKE AL- 724 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 AM CST... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF CLARKE COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CST SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3187 8794 3195 8805 3201 8799 3200 8774 TIME...MOT...LOC 1324Z 224DEG 42KT 3209 8778 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 37 min |
| Jan 24, 7:50 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 9 days |
| Jan 24, 9:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Jan 24, 11:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 11:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.