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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 7:28 AM CST for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 47 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
- Dec 28, 2015, 7:28 AM CST (13:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:23 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
195
WFUS54 KMOB 281328
TORMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-281415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.151228T1328Z-151228T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
728 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
* UNTIL 815 AM CST
* AT 727 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCKATUNNA...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF
WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BUCKATUNNA AROUND 730 AM CST.
SILAS AROUND 755 AM CST.
GILBERTOWN AROUND 805 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 8824 3144 8849 3144 8867 3185 8869
3189 8848 3192 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1327Z 202DEG 39KT 3151 8857
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
888
WWUS54 KMOB 281352
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
752 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
ALC129-281353-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-151228T1415Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
752 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3187 8824 3170 8834 3170 8846 3162 8846
3166 8868 3185 8869 3189 8848 3192 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 202DEG 39KT 3167 8849
$$
ALC023-MSC153-281415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-151228T1415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WAYNE MS-
752 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 AM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
AT 743 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SILAS AROUND 755 AM CST.
GILBERTOWN AROUND 805 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3187 8824 3170 8834 3170 8846 3162 8846
3166 8868 3185 8869 3189 8848 3192 8847
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 202DEG 39KT 3167 8849
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 9 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:16 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 15 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 6:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 6:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 63 min |
| Dec 28, 6:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 57 min |
| Dec 28, 7:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Dec 28, 7:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 7:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Dec 28, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 7:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 8:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Monroe | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 8:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 8:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 62 min |
| Dec 28, 8:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 2 min |
| Dec 28, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 8:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 8:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 9:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 9:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 9:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 28, 9:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 13 min |
| Dec 28, 9:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 53 min |
| Dec 28, 10:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 44 min |
| Dec 28, 10:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 57 min |
| Dec 28, 11:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Dec 28, 11:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Dec 28, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 12 min |
| Dec 28, 12:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 96 min |
| Dec 28, 12:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 48 min |
| Dec 28, 1:52 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 1:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 2:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 min | |
| Dec 28, 5:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene, Perry | 32 min |
| Dec 28, 6:41 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Wayne | 49 min |
| Dec 28, 6:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.