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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

February 10, 2013Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2013, 5:30 PM CST for Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 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, 5:30 PM CST (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2013, 6:30 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 10, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 12:00Z on 2013-02-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-02-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

334 
WFUS54 KMOB 102330
TORMOB
ALC025-099-131-110030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.130210T2330Z-130211T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  WESTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 527 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...OR 6 MILES
  WEST OF WHATLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYKIN...             YELLOW BLUFF...       CAMDEN...
  WHATLEY...            GROVE HILL...         FULTON...
  VREDENBURGH...        BEATRICE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3171 8705 3155 8782 3174 8789 3210 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 243DEG 32KT 3167 8779

$$
3 follow-up statements
299 
WWUS54 KMOB 102336
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-099-131-110030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130211T0030Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
536 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLARKE...WESTERN WILCOX AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 532 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO  WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GROVE HILL...OR
3 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHATLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYKIN...             YELLOW BLUFF...       CAMDEN...
  WHATLEY...            GROVE HILL...         FULTON...
  VREDENBURGH...        BEATRICE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLY FROM A TORNADO HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS 
STORM. 

&&

LAT...LON 3171 8705 3155 8782 3174 8789 3210 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 246DEG 47KT 3170 8770

$$
105 
WWUS54 KMOB 102352
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-099-131-110030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130211T0030Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
552 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLARKE...WESTERN WILCOX AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 546 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO  WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF GROVE HILL...OR 7
MILES NORTHEAST OF WHATLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVE HILL MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYKIN...             YELLOW BLUFF...       CAMDEN...
  WHATLEY...            GROVE HILL...         FULTON...
  VREDENBURGH...        BEATRICE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3210 8730 3171 8705 3155 8782 3174 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 244DEG 36KT 3172 8758

$$
219 
WWUS54 KMOB 110001
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-099-131-110030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130211T0030Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
601 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL CLARKE...WESTERN WILCOX AND NORTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 555 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO  WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE...
OR 12 MILES EAST OF WHATLEY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST 
SOUTH OF GROVE HILL...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.   

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BOYKIN...             YELLOW BLUFF...       CAMDEN...
  WHATLEY...            GROVE HILL...         FULTON...
  VREDENBURGH...        BEATRICE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLY FROM A TORNADO HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE 
STORMS.  

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

&&

LAT...LON 3210 8730 3171 8705 3161 8749 3157 8776
      3174 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 254DEG 41KT 3169 8746

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 4:22 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more65 hr
Feb 10, 10:51 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia24 days
Feb 10, 4:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington60 min
Feb 10, 4:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington57 min
Feb 10, 4:50 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington55 min
Feb 10, 5:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington58 min
Feb 10, 5:27 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington48 min
Feb 10, 5:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington65 min
Feb 10, 5:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.