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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 7:45 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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, 7:45 PM CST (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 45 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), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
403 WFUS54 KMOB 110145 TORMOB ALC023-025-129-110230- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0015.130211T0145Z-130211T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 745 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 830 PM CST * AT 742 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 17 MILES NORTH OF CHATOM... OR 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SILAS...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THOMASVILLE... FULTON... COFFEEVILLE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3199 8771 3174 8762 3164 8826 3178 8832 TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 252DEG 37KT 3173 8821 $$
2 follow-up statements
241 WWUS54 KMOB 110200 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 800 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ALC129-110210- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130211T0230Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 800 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 755 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3170 8812 3181 8818 3199 8771 3174 8762 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 252DEG 37KT 3177 8805 $$ ALC023-025-110230- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130211T0230Z/ CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL- 800 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR NORTHERN CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 755 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL...OR NEAR COFFEEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... THOMASVILLE... FULTON... 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 3170 8812 3181 8818 3199 8771 3174 8762 TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 252DEG 37KT 3177 8805 $$
857 WWUS54 KMOB 110210 RRA SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 810 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ALC023-025-110221- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-130211T0230Z/ CHOCTAW AL-CLARKE AL- 810 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES... AT 809 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3170 8812 3181 8818 3199 8771 3174 8762 TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 252DEG 37KT 3180 8792 $$
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, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 50 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, 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.