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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2014, 3:22 AM CDT for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 7, 2014, 3:22 AM CDT (08:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 634 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
012
WFUS54 KMOB 070822
TORMOB
ALC025-129-070900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.140407T0822Z-140407T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
322 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 320 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF JACKSON...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WAGARVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY... JACKSON... GROVE HILL...
FULTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3175 8752 3170 8751 3169 8757 3156 8757
3128 8788 3137 8801 3187 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0822Z 219DEG 41KT 3137 8791
$$2 follow-up statements
810
WWUS54 KMOB 070836
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
336 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014
ALC129-070846-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140407T0900Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
336 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON
COUNTY...
AT 334 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3175 8752 3170 8751 3169 8757 3156 8757
3142 8774 3149 8786 3187 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 222DEG 44KT 3150 8776
$$
ALC025-070900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140407T0900Z/
CLARKE AL-
336 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 334 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF JACKSON...OR 12
MILES EAST OF LEROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHATLEY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3175 8752 3170 8751 3169 8757 3156 8757
3142 8774 3149 8786 3187 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 222DEG 44KT 3150 8776
$$226
WWUS54 KMOB 070853
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
353 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014
ALC025-070903-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140407T0900Z/
CLARKE AL-
353 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR EASTERN CLARKE
COUNTY...
AT 352 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EASTERN
CLARKE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 400 AM CDT.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
ALTHOUGH THIS WARNING HAS EXPIRED...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP
REQUIRING NEW WARNINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3175 8752 3170 8751 3169 8757 3156 8757
3142 8774 3149 8786 3187 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 222DEG 44KT 3165 8760
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 74 min |
| Apr 6, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Apr 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 14 min |
| Apr 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Apr 7, 4:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe | 49 min |
| Apr 7, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 5:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Apr 7, 5:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 112 min |
| Apr 7, 6:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 50 min |
| Apr 7, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 6:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Apr 7, 6:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 6:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Apr 7, 8:04 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 116 min |
| Apr 7, 8:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 8:28 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 2 hr |
| Apr 7, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 7, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 65 min |
| Apr 7, 8:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Apr 7, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Apr 7, 10:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Apr 7, 12:26 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 days |
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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.