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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

November 17, 2014Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 1:41 AM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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: Nov 17, 2014, 1:41 AM CST (07:41 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2014, 2:30 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 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
Nov 17, 1:50 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Saint Stephens, AL	MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM ACROSS CLARKE COUNTY INCLUDING DAMAGED HOUSES, OVERTURNED CAMPERS, DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND ROADS IN THE AREA ARE BLOCKED.
Nov 17, 1:50 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Saint Stephens, AL	MULTIPLE REPORTS FROM ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY INCLUDING DAMAGED HOUSES, OVERTURNED CAMPERS, DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND ROADS IN THE AREA ARE BLOCKED. DAMAGE WAS FROM JUST EAST OF CHATOM TO NEAR SAINT STEPHENS.

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
Nov 16, 9:49 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Nov 17, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 348 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.

919 
WFUS54 KMOB 170741
TORMOB
ALC025-129-170830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0033.141117T0741Z-141117T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
141 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 230 AM CST

* AT 137 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF CHATOM...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF TIBBIE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  JACKSON...            WAGARVILLE...         SAINT STEPHENS...
  LEROY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 3175 8796 3152 8773 3138 8815 3147 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 232DEG 31KT 3146 8813

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 1:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	61 min
Nov 17, 2:08 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	37 min
Nov 17, 2:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington	66 min
Nov 17, 2:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	25 min
Nov 17, 3:07 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	53 min
Nov 17, 3:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	14 min
Nov 17, 3:22 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
Nov 17, 3:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	45 min
Nov 17, 4:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	53 min
Nov 17, 4:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	39 min
Nov 17, 4:24 AM CST	Hard Freeze Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	26 hr
Nov 17, 4:24 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	26 hr
Nov 17, 4:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia	49 min
Nov 17, 4:42 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	20 min
Nov 17, 5:09 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Nov 17, 5:47 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		24 hr
Nov 17, 5:47 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		42 hr
Nov 17, 5:47 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		36 hr
Nov 17, 5:51 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	48 hr
Nov 17, 5:51 AM CST	Fire Weather Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	25 hr

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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.