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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 10:12 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 63 min. 8 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesboro, MS | 18 WHEELER OVER-TURNED AT INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 45 AND 84. |
| Apr 28, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 S Needham, AL | LOTS OF TREE LIMB DEBRIS AND SOME TREES DOWN ON HWY 17 FROM NEEDHAM SOUTH TO SILAS. |
| Apr 28, 10:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Gilbertown, AL | POWER OUTAGES AND TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR GILBERTOWN AND BARRYTOWN BY CHOCTAW EMA. |
| Apr 28, 10:51 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Gilbertown, AL | |
| Apr 28, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Waynesboro, MS | *** 6 INJ *** REPORTS OF AT LEAST 10 HOMES DAMAGED ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY...MAINLY FROM THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY TO THE SOUTHEAST. |
| Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Silas, AL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON HWY 84 |
| Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Silas, AL | LARGE TREE OVER HOME IN SILAS COMMUNITY. |
| Apr 28, 11:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Silas, AL | POWER OUTAGES AND TREES REPORTED DOWN IN THE SILAS AREA BY CHOCTAW EMA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 1160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789
WFUS54 KMOB 290312
TORMOB
ALC023-MSC153-290415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0017.140429T0312Z-140429T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1012 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1010 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
WAYNESBORO...OR 13 MILES NORTH OF CLARA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... TOXEY... SILAS...
GILBERTOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3192 8809 3194 8807 3193 8805 3190 8812
3182 8818 3175 8815 3176 8810 3170 8809
3170 8846 3168 8847 3166 8881 3184 8883
3185 8866 3188 8854 3195 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 264DEG 33KT 3176 8872
$$1 follow-up statement
861
WWUS54 KMOB 290336
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1036 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
ALC023-MSC153-290415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140429T0415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
1036 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES...
AT 1034 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
SILAS...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOXEY... GILBERTOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3194 8810 3192 8809 3194 8807 3193 8806
3190 8812 3182 8818 3178 8824 3172 8854
3173 8859 3182 8863 3185 8864 3188 8854
3195 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 250DEG 23KT 3183 8853
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 28, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 28, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 66 min |
| Apr 29, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 1:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 1:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Apr 29, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Apr 29, 2:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 90 min |
| Apr 29, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 29, 4:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 4 days |
| Apr 29, 4:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Apr 29, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Apr 29, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Apr 29, 10:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Apr 29, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Apr 29, 12:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Apr 29, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Apr 29, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Apr 29, 1:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Apr 29, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| Apr 29, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 20 min | |
| Apr 29, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Apr 29, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 25 min | |
| Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Apr 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Apr 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 64 min |
| Apr 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 51 min |
| Apr 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Apr 29, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Apr 28, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 5 days |
| Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Jackson | 7 days |
| Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 39 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.