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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 8:09 AM CST for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 33 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, 8:09 AM CST (14:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 8:42 AM CST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:10 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
102
WFUS54 KMOB 281409
TORMOB
ALC099-131-281500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0029.151228T1409Z-151228T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
809 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 900 AM CST
* AT 809 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROEVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
VREDENBURGH AROUND 850 AM CST.
CAMDEN AROUND 900 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 3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8715 3201 8704
3148 8736 3154 8754 3211 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1409Z 201DEG 28KT 3154 8744
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
319
WWUS54 KMOB 281442
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
842 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
ALC099-131-281451-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-151228T1500Z/
MONROE AL-WILCOX AL-
842 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED ROTATION.
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTIES UNTIL 915 AM
CST.
LAT...LON 3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8715 3201 8704
3148 8736 3154 8754 3211 8734
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 201DEG 28KT 3177 8733
$$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, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 47 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, 8:13 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 |
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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.