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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Mobile, AL

November 30, 2010Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2010, 6:53 AM CST for Clarke County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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: Nov 30, 2010, 6:53 AM CST (12:53 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2010, 7:30 AM CST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:54 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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 30, 3:49 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 385 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 473 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.2
Supercell composite: 4.2

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The text

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

328 
WFUS54 KMOB 301253
TORMOB
ALC025-131-301330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0040.101130T1253Z-101130T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
653 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...THOMASVILLE...GROVE HILL...

* UNTIL 730 AM CST

* AT 652 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  GROVE HILL...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FULTON AROUND 705 AM CST...
  THOMASVILLE AROUND 715 AM CST...
  PINE HILL AROUND 725 AM CST...
  YELLOW BLUFF AROUND 730 AM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3193 8742 3164 8787 3173 8798 3200 8770
      3200 8767 3201 8766 3202 8763 3207 8763
      3210 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1253Z 227DEG 37KT 3174 8786

$$

1 follow-up statement

804 
WWUS54 KMOB 301322
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
722 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

ALC025-301331-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-101130T1330Z/
CLARKE AL-
722 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

AT 720 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF 
CLARKE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 
CLARKE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3193 8742 3185 8761 3186 8762 3187 8761
      3189 8764 3193 8767 3201 8766 3202 8763
      3207 8763 3210 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 227DEG 37KT 3194 8761

$$

ALC131-301330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0040.000000T0000Z-101130T1330Z/
WILCOX AL-
722 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTY...

AT 720 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR HESTLE...OR ABOUT NEAR THOMASVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SHEPPARD AROUND 725 AM CST...
  KIMBROUGH...YELLOW BLUFF...ANNE MANIE AND ARLINGTON AROUND 730 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.

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...OR LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3193 8742 3185 8761 3186 8762 3187 8761
      3189 8764 3193 8767 3201 8766 3202 8763
      3207 8763 3210 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 227DEG 37KT 3194 8761

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 30, 4:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	42 min
Nov 30, 4:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	24 min
Nov 30, 5:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	36 min
Nov 30, 5:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	24 min
Nov 30, 6:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	30 min
Nov 30, 6:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	26 min
Nov 30, 6:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	36 min
Nov 30, 6:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	31 min
Nov 30, 7:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	32 min
Nov 30, 7:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	30 min
Nov 30, 7:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	40 min
Nov 30, 7:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	33 min
Nov 30, 9:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	13 min
Nov 30, 9:46 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Nov 30, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	18 min
Nov 30, 11:53 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		112 min
Nov 30, 11:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	22 min
Nov 30, 1:01 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		20 hr
Nov 30, 1:03 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Nov 30, 1:25 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 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.