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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 3, 2015Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2015, 4:24 PM CST for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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: Jan 3, 2015, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2015, 4:50 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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
Jan 3, 4:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Monroeville, AL	MONROE COUNTY EMA REPORTS POWER LINE DOWN ON GOLF DRIVE ROAD IN MONROEVILLE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jan 3, 4:48 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 W Pine Orchard, AL	MONROE COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF TREES DOWN NEAR MONROE COUNTY ROAD 42 AND BILL CATER ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 377 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.

750 
WFUS54 KMOB 032224
TORMOB
ALC099-032300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.150103T2224Z-150103T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
424 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CST

* AT 421 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTH OF FRISCO CITY...OR 4 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF EXCEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PETERMAN...           MONROEVILLE...        FRISCO CITY...
  EXCEL...              BEATRICE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3172 8699 3171 8701 3172 8705 3171 8706
      3168 8706 3165 8709 3164 8714 3159 8714
      3155 8716 3139 8737 3145 8747 3183 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 220DEG 45KT 3149 8736

$$

2 follow-up statements

437 
WWUS54 KMOB 032237
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
437 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALC099-032300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150103T2300Z/
MONROE AL-
437 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 435 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF MONROEVILLE...OR 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PETERMAN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PETERMAN...           MONROEVILLE...        BEATRICE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3172 8699 3171 8701 3172 8705 3168 8706
      3165 8709 3164 8714 3159 8714 3157 8716
      3155 8716 3147 8727 3154 8737 3183 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 235DEG 30KT 3154 8728

$$

439 
WWUS54 KMOB 032250
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALC099-032300-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150103T2300Z/
MONROE AL-
450 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

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

AT 448 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
MONROE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3172 8699 3171 8701 3172 8705 3168 8706
      3165 8709 3164 8714 3159 8714 3157 8716
      3155 8716 3147 8727 3154 8737 3183 8722
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 235DEG 30KT 3160 8717

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 4:25 AM CST	Rip Current Statement	MOB		38 hr
Jan 3, 12:55 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		50 min
Jan 3, 1:20 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Washington	115 min
Jan 3, 3:13 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		48 hr
Jan 3, 3:41 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe	34 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.