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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

March 16, 2014Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2014, 8:37 AM CDT for Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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
Mar 16, 2014, 8:37 AM CDT (13:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2014, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 16, 8:56 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Ne Heath, ALTREES DOWN IN THE STRAUGHN COMMUNITY.
Mar 16, 9:06 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Ene Heath, ALTREES DOWN IN THE SANFORD COMMUNITY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 16, 4:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-03-16Temperature 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 423 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
891 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
423 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 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.

713 
WFUS54 KMOB 161337
TORMOB
ALC035-039-161415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0010.140316T1337Z-140316T1415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
837 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA...

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 834 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
  RED LEVEL...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RIVER
  FALLS...GANTT...HEATH...SANFORD...ROSE HILL AND BABBIE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR 
HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER 
YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3127 8630 3126 8690 3144 8690 3151 8640
      3146 8640 3145 8639 3147 8638
TIME...MOT...LOC 1338Z 256DEG 41KT 3137 8679

$$

JP
1 follow-up statement
194 
WWUS54 KMOB 161352
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
852 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

ALC035-161401-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140316T1415Z/
CONECUH AL-
852 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IS 
CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3136 8668 3141 8666 3144 8668 3144 8670
      3147 8670 3151 8640 3146 8640 3145 8639
      3146 8638 3146 8637 3136 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 252DEG 39KT 3144 8665

$$

ALC039-161415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140316T1415Z/
COVINGTON AL-
852 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY...

AT 848 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
RED LEVEL...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
GANTT...CLEARVIEW...COLD WATER...ANTIOCH AND ROSE HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3136 8668 3141 8666 3144 8668 3144 8670
      3147 8670 3151 8640 3146 8640 3145 8639
      3146 8638 3146 8637 3136 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 252DEG 39KT 3144 8665

$$

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 16, 3:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more9 hr
Mar 16, 5:06 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke24 min
Mar 16, 5:30 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke30 min
Mar 16, 5:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington52 min
Mar 16, 6:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox45 min
Mar 16, 6:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington44 min
Mar 16, 6:43 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile2 hr
Mar 16, 7:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
Mar 16, 7:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile4 hr
Mar 16, 7:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile44 min
Mar 16, 7:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile31 min
Mar 16, 8:18 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia27 min
Mar 16, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile62 min
Mar 16, 8:31 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Mar 16, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia29 min
Mar 16, 9:19 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 1 more6 hr
Mar 16, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Mar 16, 9:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB117 min
Mar 16, 9:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia3 hr
Mar 16, 10:00 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
Mar 16, 10:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin52 min
Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Mar 16, 10:59 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Mar 16, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 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.