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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Mobile, AL

April 15, 2011Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2011, 7:54 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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: Apr 15, 2011, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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
Apr 15, 7:48 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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: 173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.3

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The text

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

284 
WFUS54 KMOB 160054
TORMOB
ALC025-099-131-160145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0070.110416T0054Z-110416T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
754 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CAMDEN...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF THOMASVILLE...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 753 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF THOMASVILLE...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FULTON...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  THOMASVILLE AROUND 800 PM CDT...
  PINE HILL AROUND 815 PM CDT...
  YELLOW BLUFF...ANNE MARIE AND ANNE MANIE AROUND 820 PM CDT...
  CANTON BEND AND CAMDEN AROUND 835 PM CDT...
  BOYKIN AROUND 840 PM CDT...

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 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3210 8721 3210 8719 3189 8706 3176 8742
      3176 8788 3194 8794 3201 8776 3201 8763
      3206 8763 3218 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 243DEG 39KT 3187 8781

$$

6 follow-up statements

470 
WWUS54 KMOB 160102
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
802 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC025-099-131-160145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110416T0145Z/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-
802 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WILCOX...
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 758 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE HILL...SUNNY SOUTH AND CULPEPER AROUND 810 PM CDT...
  MACMILLAN...KIMBROUGH...ANNE MARIE AND ANNE MANIE AROUND 815 PM
  CDT...
  YELLOW BLUFF AROUND 820 PM CDT...
  ROCKWEST AROUND 825 PM CDT...
  CANTON BEND AROUND 830 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3210 8721 3210 8719 3189 8706 3176 8742
      3182 8780 3197 8782 3201 8763 3206 8763
      3218 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 242DEG 42KT 3192 8772

$$

820 
WWUS54 KMOB 160106
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
806 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC025-099-131-160145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110416T0145Z/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-WILCOX AL-
806 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR WILCOX...
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 802 PM CDT...COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
3 MILES NORTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE ALABAMA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 
MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PINE HILL AROUND 810 PM CDT...
  KIMBROUGH...MACMILLAN...ANNE MARIE AND ANNE MANIE AROUND 815 PM
  CDT...
  YELLOW BLUFF AROUND 820 PM CDT...
  MIDWAY AND ROCKWEST AROUND 825 PM CDT...
  MILLERS FERRY AND CANTON BEND AROUND 830 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3210 8721 3210 8719 3189 8706 3179 8742
      3183 8776 3197 8777 3201 8763 3206 8763
      3218 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 242DEG 42KT 3196 8766

$$

033 
WWUS54 KMOB 160114
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
814 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC025-099-160124-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110416T0145Z/
MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-
814 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND NORTH CENTRAL
MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3210 8721 3210 8719 3195 8710 3188 8739
      3191 8760 3199 8766 3201 8763 3206 8763
      3218 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 229DEG 37KT 3201 8759

$$

ALC131-160145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110416T0145Z/
WILCOX AL-
814 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTY...

AT 812 PM CDT...THE TORNADO WAS VERY NEAR PINE HILL...OR ABOUT 9 
MILES NORTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ANNE MARIE...ANNE MANIE...ARLINGTON AND YELLOW BLUFF AROUND 820 PM
  CDT...
  ROCKWEST AROUND 825 PM CDT...
  MIDWAY AND CANTON BEND AROUND 830 PM CDT...
  MILLERS FERRY AND BOYKIN AROUND 835 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3210 8721 3210 8719 3195 8710 3188 8739
      3191 8760 3199 8766 3201 8763 3206 8763
      3218 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 229DEG 37KT 3201 8759

$$

429 
WWUS54 KMOB 160122
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
822 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC131-160145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110416T0145Z/
WILCOX AL-
822 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTY...

AT 816 PM CDT.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR PINE HILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THOMASVILLE...MOVING EAST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CANTON BEND...MIDWAY...MILLERS FERRY AND ROCKWEST AROUND 835 PM
  CDT...
  BOYKIN AND CAMDEN AROUND 840 PM CDT...
  SHAWNEE AND ESTELLE AROUND 845 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3197 8712 3190 8738 3192 8750 3197 8761
      3201 8762 3207 8759 3218 8730 3210 8721
      3210 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 249DEG 33KT 3201 8750

$$

516 
WWUS54 KMOB 160131
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
831 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC131-160145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110416T0145Z/
WILCOX AL-
831 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTY...

AT 826 PM CDT.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR MIDWAY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
WEST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOYKIN AND CAMDEN AROUND 840 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3201 8714 3196 8735 3198 8746 3204 8749
      3211 8748 3218 8730 3210 8721 3210 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 249DEG 33KT 3206 8740

$$

598 
WWUS54 KMOB 160144
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
844 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

ALC131-160154-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110416T0145Z/
WILCOX AL-
844 PM CDT FRI APR 15 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 845
PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3201 8714 3196 8735 3198 8746 3204 8749
      3211 8748 3218 8730 3210 8721 3210 8719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 249DEG 33KT 3210 8727

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	36 min
Apr 15, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	MOB	Mobile, Washington	51 min
Apr 15, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	39 min
Apr 15, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	29 min
Apr 15, 8:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	MOB	Washington	49 min
Apr 15, 8:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	47 min
Apr 15, 8:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	55 min
Apr 15, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	45 min
Apr 15, 9:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Washington	117 min
Apr 15, 9:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	52 min
Apr 15, 9:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	49 min
Apr 15, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	61 min
Apr 15, 10:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	55 min
Apr 15, 10:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	51 min
Apr 15, 10:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	33 min
Apr 15, 10:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe	64 min
Apr 15, 10:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	61 min
Apr 15, 11:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	16 min
Apr 15, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	42 min
Apr 15, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	60 min
Apr 16, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	60 min
Apr 16, 12:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	32 min
Apr 16, 12:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	52 min
Apr 16, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.