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Tornado Warning 123, NWS Mobile, AL

December 25, 2012Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 25, 2012, 4:52 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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: Dec 25, 2012, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2012, 5:45 PM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1008 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

558 
WFUS54 KMOB 252252
TORMOB
ALC023-025-129-MSC153-252345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0123.121225T2252Z-121225T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
452 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CST

* AT 449 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 13 MILES
  NORTH OF BUCKATUNNA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOXEY...              SILAS...              GILBERTOWN...
  WHATLEY...            THOMASVILLE...        GROVE HILL...
  FULTON...             COFFEEVILLE...        MILLRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3206 8807 3204 8811 3201 8811 3199 8806
      3200 8767 3188 8767 3188 8763 3184 8762
      3160 8769 3155 8800 3161 8858 3178 8864
      3207 8808 3208 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 244DEG 48KT 3175 8851

$$

3 follow-up statements

095 
WWUS54 KMOB 252312
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
512 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

MSC153-252322-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0123.000000T0000Z-121225T2345Z/
WAYNE MS-
512 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE
COUNTY...

AT 508 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN 
WAYNE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3208 8805 3204 8811 3201 8811 3199 8806
      3200 8767 3188 8767 3188 8763 3184 8762
      3160 8769 3155 8800 3160 8845 3184 8846
      3207 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 244DEG 48KT 3188 8826

$$

ALC023-025-129-252345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0123.000000T0000Z-121225T2345Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
512 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CLARKE...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...

AT 508 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF BUTLER...OR NEAR GILBERTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOXEY...              SILAS...              GILBERTOWN...
  WHATLEY...            THOMASVILLE...        GROVE HILL...
  FULTON...             COFFEEVILLE...        MILLRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 8805 3204 8811 3201 8811 3199 8806
      3200 8767 3188 8767 3188 8763 3184 8762
      3160 8769 3155 8800 3160 8845 3184 8846
      3207 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 244DEG 48KT 3188 8826

$$

656 
WWUS54 KMOB 252319
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
519 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC023-025-129-252345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0123.000000T0000Z-121225T2345Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
519 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CLARKE...NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...

AT 517 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTH OF BUTLER...OR 5 MILES EAST OF TOXEY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOXEY...              SILAS...              GILBERTOWN...
  WHATLEY...            THOMASVILLE...        GROVE HILL...
  FULTON...             COFFEEVILLE...        MILLRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 8805 3204 8811 3201 8811 3199 8806
      3200 8767 3188 8767 3188 8763 3184 8762
      3160 8769 3155 8800 3160 8845 3184 8846
      3207 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 243DEG 40KT 3190 8820

$$

243 
WWUS54 KMOB 252330
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
530 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

ALC023-025-129-252345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0123.000000T0000Z-121225T2345Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
530 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CLARKE...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...

AT 526 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
COFFEEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOXEY...              SILAS...              GILBERTOWN...
  WHATLEY...            THOMASVILLE...        GROVE HILL...
  FULTON...             COFFEEVILLE...        MILLRY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3208 8805 3204 8811 3201 8811 3199 8806
      3200 8767 3189 8767 3188 8767 3188 8763
      3184 8762 3160 8769 3155 8800 3160 8830
      3187 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 223DEG 43KT 3171 8789

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 9:38 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		20 hr
Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		31 hr
Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		13 hr
Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		42 hr
Dec 25, 4:41 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		42 hr
Dec 25, 2:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Dec 25, 2:43 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	32 min
Dec 25, 2:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	65 min
Dec 25, 3:14 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Dec 25, 3:35 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	55 min
Dec 25, 4:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	68 min
Dec 25, 4:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	33 min
Dec 25, 4:13 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		17 min
Dec 25, 4:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	10 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	51 min
Dec 25, 4:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	66 min
Dec 25, 4:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	17 min
Dec 25, 4:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	51 min
Dec 25, 4:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	49 min
Dec 25, 4:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning Emergency	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	61 min
Dec 25, 4:47 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		43 min
Dec 25, 4:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	55 min
Dec 25, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	38 min
Dec 25, 5:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	45 min
Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	45 min
Dec 25, 5:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	52 min
Dec 25, 5:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	18 min
Dec 25, 5:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe	44 min
Dec 25, 5:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	58 min
Dec 25, 5:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	23 min
Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	62 min
Dec 25, 5:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	65 min
Dec 25, 5:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	46 min
Dec 25, 5:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	64 min
Dec 25, 3:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry, Stone	56 min
Dec 25, 3:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry, Wayne	56 min
Dec 25, 4:06 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Greene, Perry	54 min
Dec 25, 4:12 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	48 min
Dec 25, 4:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry, Wayne	61 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.