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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 26, 2012Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 2012, 8:56 AM CST for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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 26, 2012, 8:56 AM CST (14:56 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2012, 9:45 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 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 26, 9:33 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Silas, AL	PUBLIC REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 45 IN SILAS.
Jan 26, 9:43 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Gilbertown, AL	PUBLIC REPORTS WINDOWS OUT AND TREE DOWN ON PARAGON RD. IN GILBERTOWN. PUBLIC ALSO REPORTS DAMAGE TO A SHED BEHIND MM HARDWARE IN GILBERTOWN.

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 26, 4:18 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

509 
WFUS54 KMOB 261456
TORMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-261545-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.120126T1456Z-120126T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
856 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 852 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  WAYNESBORO...OR NEAR CLARA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WAYNESBORO...         CLARA...              BUCKATUNNA...
  SILAS...              GILBERTOWN...         COLLUMBURG...

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 MANUFACTURED 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 NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 8818 3147 8855 3151 8867 3168 8880
      3184 8875 3186 8863 3189 8849 3198 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1456Z 220DEG 46KT 3163 8864

$$

2 follow-up statements

506 
WWUS54 KMOB 261508
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
908 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

ALC023-129-MSC153-261545-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120126T1545Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
908 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR EASTERN
WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...

AT 906 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINCHESTER...OR 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DENHAM...BOICE...MEHAFFEY...SHADY GROVE...TOKIO...CHAPEL HILL...
GRETNA...CONTWELL...AQUILLA...DUNBAR...ISNEY...MATHERVILLE...EMORY...
COLLUMBURG...BOLINGER...EVANSBORO...SILAS...SOUWILPA...MELVIN...
PARAGON...WATER VALLEY...FLATWOOD...GILBERTOWN...OLD SAMUEL AND
BARRYTOWN

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 NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 8818 3147 8855 3152 8863 3171 8864
      3182 8869 3186 8863 3189 8849 3198 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1508Z 220DEG 46KT 3164 8854

$$

555 
WWUS54 KMOB 261523
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
923 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

ALC023-129-MSC153-261545-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120126T1545Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
923 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW
COUNTIES...

AT 920 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CONTWELL...OR 12
MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
EMORY...COLLUMBURG...BOLINGER...EVANSBORO...SILAS...SOUWILPA...
MELVIN...PARAGON...WATER VALLEY...FLATWOOD...GILBERTOWN...OLD SAMUEL
AND BARRYTOWN

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 NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3179 8818 3161 8842 3167 8850 3178 8852
      3183 8853 3186 8851 3189 8849 3198 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 220DEG 46KT 3174 8841

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 9:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	38 min
Jan 26, 9:20 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	40 min
Jan 26, 9:33 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	57 min
Jan 26, 9:41 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Jan 26, 9:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 2 more	116 min
Jan 26, 9:50 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		23 hr
Jan 26, 11:03 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Jan 26, 11:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	21 min
Jan 26, 11:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	27 min
Jan 26, 12:05 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more	4 hr
Jan 26, 12:49 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Jan 26, 1:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	39 min
Jan 26, 1:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	6 days
Jan 26, 1:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	6 days
Jan 26, 1:44 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		46 min
Jan 26, 7:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Perry	54 min
Jan 26, 8:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Stone	39 min
Jan 26, 8:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wayne	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.