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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

April 7, 2014Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2014, 3:50 AM CDT for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2014, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:54 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
Apr 7, 1:16 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 00:00Z on 2014-04-07Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2014-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

104 
WFUS54 KMOB 070850
TORMOB
ALC099-131-070930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0013.140407T0850Z-140407T0930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
350 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT

* AT 348 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONROEVILLE...OR 10 MILES
  WEST OF PETERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINE APPLE...         OAK HILL...           VREDENBURGH...
  BEATRICE...

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 3205 8685 3198 8685 3196 8688 3196 8691
      3193 8691 3152 8739 3165 8755 3205 8714
      3205 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0850Z 223DEG 48KT 3165 8740

$$
2 follow-up statements
043 
WWUS54 KMOB 070905
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
405 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

ALC099-131-070930-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140407T0930Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-
405 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 402 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF MONROEVILLE...OR 5 MILES WEST OF
BEATRICE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PINE APPLE...         OAK HILL...           BEATRICE...

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 3205 8685 3198 8685 3196 8688 3196 8691
      3193 8691 3163 8726 3173 8739 3205 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0905Z 226DEG 40KT 3174 8727

$$
689 
WWUS54 KMOB 070915
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
415 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

ALC099-131-070925-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140407T0930Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-
415 AM CDT MON APR 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX AND
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 411 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

ALTHOUGH THIS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...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 3205 8685 3198 8685 3196 8688 3196 8691
      3193 8691 3163 8726 3173 8739 3205 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0915Z 226DEG 40KT 3182 8718

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw74 min
Apr 6, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw24 min
Apr 6, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw14 min
Apr 6, 11:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more12 hr
Apr 7, 3:22 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington38 min
Apr 7, 3:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox4 hr
Apr 7, 4:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe49 min
Apr 7, 4:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler62 min
Apr 7, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile52 min
Apr 7, 5:41 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington2 hr
Apr 7, 6:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington112 min
Apr 7, 6:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe50 min
Apr 7, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe44 min
Apr 7, 6:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Apr 7, 6:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe2 hr
Apr 7, 6:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe47 min
Apr 7, 6:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia56 min
Apr 7, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 min
Apr 7, 8:04 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile116 min
Apr 7, 8:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia55 min
Apr 7, 8:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia2 hr
Apr 7, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Apr 7, 8:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington65 min
Apr 7, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB94 min
Apr 7, 9:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB91 min
Apr 7, 10:45 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Apr 7, 12:26 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia6 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.