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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL

November 17, 2014Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 2:37 AM CST for Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
Nov 17, 2014, 2:37 AM CST (08:37 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 2014, 3:02 AM CST
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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
Nov 17, 1:32 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2014-11-17Temperature 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 km15 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 2014-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 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
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.

889 
WFUS54 KMOB 170837
TORMOB
ALC025-099-131-170930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0035.141117T0837Z-141117T0930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CST

* AT 235 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF GROVE HILL...OR 7 MILES EAST
  OF FULTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  OAK HILL...           CAMDEN...             VREDENBURGH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.

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 3205 8717 3205 8711 3179 8696 3169 8763
      3177 8770 3206 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0836Z 245DEG 32KT 3175 8761

$$
1 follow-up statement
012 
WWUS54 KMOB 170902
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
302 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014

ALC025-099-131-170912-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-141117T0930Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-CLARKE AL-
302 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL CLARKE...
SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 302 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
CLARKE...SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX AND NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES HAS
WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

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 3205 8717 3205 8711 3179 8696 3169 8763
      3177 8770 3206 8717
TIME...MOT...LOC 0902Z 245DEG 32KT 3183 8736

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 1:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington61 min
Nov 17, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington49 min
Nov 17, 2:08 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke37 min
Nov 17, 2:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington66 min
Nov 17, 3:07 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe53 min
Nov 17, 3:14 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox14 min
Nov 17, 3:22 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
Nov 17, 3:45 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Conecuh45 min
Nov 17, 4:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw53 min
Nov 17, 4:21 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw39 min
Nov 17, 4:24 AM CSTHard Freeze WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more26 hr
Nov 17, 4:24 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more26 hr
Nov 17, 4:41 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia49 min
Nov 17, 4:42 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw20 min
Nov 17, 5:09 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Nov 17, 5:47 AM CSTGale WarningMOB24 hr
Nov 17, 5:47 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB42 hr
Nov 17, 5:47 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB36 hr
Nov 17, 5:51 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more48 hr
Nov 17, 5:51 AM CSTFire Weather WatchMOBButler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more25 hr

Nearby

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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.