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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL

November 17, 2014Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 17, 2014, 3:07 AM CST for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 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, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
Expired: Nov 17, 2014, 4:00 AM CST
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:06 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.

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 17, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.

116 
WFUS54 KMOB 170907
TORMOB
ALC035-099-171000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0036.141117T0907Z-141117T1000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 AM CST

* AT 306 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF FRISCO CITY...OR 2 MILES EAST
  OF MEGARGEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEGARGEL...           FRISCO CITY...        EXCEL...
  REPTON...             I65 AND US 84...      I65 AND CR 29...
  I65 AND AL 83...      EVERGREEN...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND 104.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3126 8740 3126 8742 3141 8752 3168 8698
      3146 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0908Z 241DEG 50KT 3138 8736

$$

1 follow-up statement

791 
WWUS54 KMOB 170933
SVSMOB

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

ALC099-170942-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-141117T1000Z/
MONROE AL-
333 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MONROE
COUNTY...

AT 329 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR CENTRAL 
MONROE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 3143 8712 3139 8713 3149 8719 3168 8698
      3146 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0932Z 241DEG 50KT 3148 8711

$$

ALC035-171000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-141117T1000Z/
CONECUH AL-
333 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
CONECUH COUNTY...

AT 329 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONROEVILLE...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST
OF REPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  I65 AND CR 29...      I65 AND AL 83...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 103.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3143 8712 3139 8713 3149 8719 3168 8698
      3146 8684
TIME...MOT...LOC 0932Z 241DEG 50KT 3148 8711

$$

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, 1:41 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	49 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, 3:14 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.