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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

February 10, 2013Butler County, Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 6:26 PM CST for Butler County, Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 64 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
Feb 10, 2013, 6:26 PM CST (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 7:30 PM CST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2013-02-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
607 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

323 
WFUS54 KMOB 110026 RRA
TORMOB
ALC013-035-099-110130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0010.130211T0026Z-130211T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
626 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 730 PM CST

* AT 623 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...OR 6 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF REPTON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCKENZIE...           I65 AND CR 7...       I65 AND AL 106...
  GEORGIANA...          I65 AND US 84...      I65 AND CR 29...
  I65 AND AL 83...      EVERGREEN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING 
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3168 8671 3141 8670 3137 8718 3153 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 257DEG 34KT 3146 8713

$$
1 follow-up statement
266 
WWUS54 KMOB 110036
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
636 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

ALC099-110046-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130211T0130Z/
MONROE AL-
636 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MONROE
COUNTY...

AT 632 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL 
MONROE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3139 8702 3157 8707 3168 8671 3167 8671
      3141 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 257DEG 34KT 3148 8696

$$

ALC013-035-110130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130211T0130Z/
BUTLER AL-CONECUH AL-
636 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
CONECUH AND SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTIES...

AT 632 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF EVERGREEN...OR 2 MILES WEST OF I65
AND AL 83...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCKENZIE...           I65 AND CR 7...       I65 AND AL 106...
  GEORGIANA...          I65 AND US 84...      I65 AND CR 29...
  I65 AND AL 83...      EVERGREEN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 92 AND 115.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3139 8702 3157 8707 3168 8671 3167 8671
      3141 8670
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 257DEG 34KT 3148 8696

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 6:12 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox6 hr
Feb 10, 6:12 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox63 min
Feb 10, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox57 min
Feb 10, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington50 min
Feb 10, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw54 min
Feb 10, 7:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington49 min
Feb 10, 7:30 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox45 min
Feb 10, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia53 min
Feb 10, 7:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington50 min
Feb 10, 7:45 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington45 min
Feb 10, 8:06 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox10 days
Feb 10, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox64 min
Feb 10, 8:53 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington2 hr
Feb 10, 9:17 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington43 min
Feb 10, 9:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Monroe, Wilcox50 min
Feb 11, 12:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox6 hr
Feb 11, 1:53 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB8 hr
Feb 11, 2:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox50 min
Feb 11, 3:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Monroe, Wilcox43 min
Feb 11, 5:33 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryMOB3 hr
Feb 11, 6:29 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox6 hr
Feb 11, 9:49 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia11 hr
Feb 11, 9:49 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBDallas, Monroe, Wilcox7 days
Feb 11, 9:49 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia11 hr
Feb 11, 12:14 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox18 hr
Feb 11, 12:25 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe18 hr
Feb 11, 4:27 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile4 hr

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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.