Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 4:50 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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
- Feb 10, 2013, 4:50 PM CST (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2013, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 5:05 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 Se Bigbee, AL | ROOF OF HOMW CO RD 34. 12 X 16 BUILDING DISTROYED |
| Feb 10, 5:10 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Ne Saint Stephrns, AL | 4 TO 6 RESIDENCES SUFFERED MAJOR DAMAGE OR WERE DESTROYED ON OLD LOCK ONE ROAD. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
| Feb 10, 5:27 PM CST | TORNADO | 2 S Grove Hill, AL | EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS DEBRIS ON HIGHWAY 43 NEAR ANTIOCH. LIKELY TORNADO. |
| Feb 10, 5:27 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Se Grove Hill, AL | 2 HOMES DAMAGE IN THE ANTIOCH COMMUNITY NEAR HWY 43 AND TODDTOWN ROAD. 2 HOMES DAMAGED ON MAUBILA ROAD. |
| Feb 10, 5:33 PM CST | TORNADO | Mays Crossroads, AL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 3:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 319 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 364 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
648
WFUS54 KMOB 102250
TORMOB
ALC025-129-102345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.130210T2250Z-130210T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 445 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATOM...OR 9 MILES NORTH
OF TIBBIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY... THOMASVILLE... GROVE HILL...
FULTON... SAINT STEPHENS... LEROY...
CHATOM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3164 8757 3139 8828 3155 8838 3170 8816
3170 8809 3174 8810 3197 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 241DEG 44KT 3152 8822
$$3 follow-up statements
484
WWUS54 KMOB 102303
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
ALC025-129-102345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T2345Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
503 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CLARKE AND NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 459 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATOM...OR 5 MILES WEST OF SAINT
STEPHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY... THOMASVILLE... GROVE HILL...
FULTON... SAINT STEPHENS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3197 8776 3163 8760 3146 8815 3162 8823
3170 8816 3170 8809 3174 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 244DEG 48KT 3157 8808
$$870
WWUS54 KMOB 102311
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
511 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
ALC129-102321-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T2345Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
511 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY...
AT 509 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
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 3187 8771 3164 8761 3157 8779 3154 8791
3167 8807 3176 8796 3171 8809 3172 8809
3176 8805 3195 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 244DEG 48KT 3162 8797
$$
ALC025-102345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T2345Z/
CLARKE AL-
511 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 509 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SAINT STEPHENS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY... THOMASVILLE... GROVE HILL...
FULTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 8771 3164 8761 3157 8779 3154 8791
3167 8807 3176 8796 3171 8809 3172 8809
3176 8805 3195 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 244DEG 48KT 3162 8797
$$726
WWUS54 KMOB 102322
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
522 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
ALC025-102345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130210T2345Z/
CLARKE AL-
522 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 518 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF JACKSON...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
LEROY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY... GROVE HILL... FULTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CST SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8776 3187 8771 3164 8761 3157 8779
3155 8787 3171 8800 3176 8796 3176 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 253DEG 38KT 3164 8785
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 4:22 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 65 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:51 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 24 days |
| Feb 10, 4:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 5:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 58 min |
| Feb 10, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 48 min |
| Feb 10, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 60 min |
| Feb 10, 5:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 65 min |
| Feb 10, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 65 min |
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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.