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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 10, 2010, 7:44 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 10, 2010, 7:44 PM CST (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2010, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1:05 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 497 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 544 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
813 WFUS54 KMOB 110144 TORMOB ALC023-025-129-110215- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.100311T0144Z-100311T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 744 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GROVE HILL... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 815 PM CST * AT 743 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES EAST OF BIGBEE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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. LAT...LON 3198 8802 3172 8764 3154 8806 3161 8818 TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 219DEG 21KT 3159 8807 $$
2 follow-up statements
308 WWUS54 KMOB 110206 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 806 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ALC023-025-129-110215- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100311T0215Z/ WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-CHOCTAW AL- 806 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHERN CLARKE AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 804 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE TORNADO WAS PASSING NEAR WINN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEACOCK...OPINE...DICKINSON AND CHILTON IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NEAR 60 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3198 8802 3172 8764 3154 8806 3161 8818 TIME...MOT...LOC 0205Z 223DEG 20KT 3166 8797 $$
680 WWUS54 KMOB 110209 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 809 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ALC023-129-110217- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100311T0215Z/ WASHINGTON AL-CHOCTAW AL- 809 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS THAT MAY BECOME NECESSARY. LAT...LON 3160 8798 3167 8806 3195 8798 3175 8768 TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 223DEG 20KT 3167 8796 $$ ALC025-110215- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100311T0215Z/ CLARKE AL- 809 PM CST WED MAR 10 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY... AT 806 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR WINN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEACOCK...OPINE...DICKINSON AND CHILTON. IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NEAR 60 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3160 8798 3167 8806 3195 8798 3175 8768 TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 223DEG 20KT 3167 8796 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 6:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 6:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 6:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 20 min |
| Mar 10, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 7:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 62 min |
| Mar 10, 7:51 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 8 days |
| Mar 10, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 32 min |
| Mar 10, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 58 min |
| Mar 10, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 55 min |
| Mar 10, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 50 min |
| Mar 10, 9:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Mar 10, 9:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 11:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 2 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:11 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Mar 11, 12:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Mar 11, 12:39 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Mar 11, 1:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Mar 11, 1:49 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Mar 11, 3:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Mar 11, 3:40 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 11, 4:08 AM CST | Marine Weather Statement | MOB | 112 min | |
| Mar 11, 9:35 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 9 days |
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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.