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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 8:56 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Heath, AL | TREES DOWN IN THE STRAUGHN COMMUNITY. |
| Mar 16, 9:06 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Heath, AL | TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
JP1 follow-up statement
194
WWUS54 KMOB 161352
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
852 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
ALC035-161401-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140316T1415Z/
CONECUH AL-
852 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3136 8668 3141 8666 3144 8668 3144 8670
3147 8670 3151 8640 3146 8640 3145 8639
3146 8638 3146 8637 3136 8634
TIME...MOT...LOC 1351Z 252DEG 39KT 3144 8665
$$
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
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 31 min |
| Mar 16, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 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.