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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2014, 10:25 PM CDT for Wayne County, Mississippi; Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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
- Apr 28, 2014, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2014, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 10:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winchester, MS | *** 4 INJ *** VEHICLE WITH FOUR PASSENGERS STRUCK A DOWNED TREE LYING ACROSS HIGHWAY 45 SOUTH. |
| 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. |
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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 2782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 16.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS54 KMOB 290325
TORMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-290415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.140429T0325Z-140429T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1025 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1023 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAYNESBORO...OR 9 MILES
WEST OF CLARA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA...
SILAS... MILLRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3181 8817 3175 8815 3176 8811 3175 8810
3168 8808 3166 8808 3165 8809 3162 8807
3161 8808 3158 8806 3144 8889 3161 8894
TIME...MOT...LOC 0325Z 256DEG 44KT 3155 8881
$$1 follow-up statement
898
WWUS54 KMOB 290343
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1043 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
ALC023-129-MSC153-290415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-140429T0415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-
1043 PM CDT MON APR 28 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL WAYNE...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW
COUNTIES...
AT 1041 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF WAYNESBORO...OR 5 MILES EAST OF
CLARA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WAYNESBORO... CLARA... BUCKATUNNA...
SILAS... MILLRY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3175 8815 3176 8811 3175 8810 3168 8808
3165 8809 3158 8806 3152 8867 3166 8874
3181 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 259DEG 42KT 3161 8859
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 38 min |
| Apr 28, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 63 min |
| Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 28, 10:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wayne | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 12:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Greene | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 2:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George | 4 hr |
| 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, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 6:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George | 12 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 45 min |
| 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, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 66 min |
| 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, 1:21 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, 2:14 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, 2:55 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, 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, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 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.