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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 6:40 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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, 6:40 PM CST (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 50 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
383
WFUS54 KMOB 110040
TORMOB
ALC023-025-129-110130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0011.130211T0040Z-130211T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
640 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 730 PM CST
* AT 637 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WAYNESBORO...OR 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUCKATUNNA...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SILAS... GROVE HILL... COFFEEVILLE...
MILLRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 8771 3151 8844 3155 8846 3170 8846
3200 8792 3199 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 240DEG 41KT 3161 8843
$$2 follow-up statements
434
WWUS54 KMOB 110056
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
656 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
ALC023-025-129-110130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130211T0130Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
656 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CLARKE...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL
CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 651 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM...OR NEAR
MILLRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY...RADAR
INDICATES A LIKELY STRONG TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GROVE HILL... COFFEEVILLE... MILLRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3166 8771 3157 8834 3170 8842 3200 8792
3199 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 240DEG 41KT 3166 8828
$$145 WWUS54 KMOB 110113 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 713 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ALC023-025-129-110130- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130211T0130Z/ CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL- 713 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN CLARKE...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 712 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATOM...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF COFFEEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GROVE HILL... COFFEEVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3160 8812 3173 8818 3195 8784 3166 8771 TIME...MOT...LOC 0113Z 240DEG 41KT 3171 8807 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Feb 10, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 6:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 6:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 54 min |
| Feb 10, 7:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 49 min |
| Feb 10, 7:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 53 min |
| Feb 10, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 50 min |
| Feb 10, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 8:06 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 10 days |
| Feb 10, 8:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 64 min |
| Feb 10, 8:53 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 2 hr |
| Feb 10, 9:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 10, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Feb 11, 12:14 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:53 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 8 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 50 min |
| Feb 11, 3:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 43 min |
| Feb 11, 5:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 3 hr | |
| Feb 11, 6:29 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 7 days |
| Feb 11, 9:49 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:25 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe | 18 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:27 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.