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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 2:14 AM CST for Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Jan 4, 2015, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
497
WFUS54 KMOB 040814
TORMOB
ALC035-039-040900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.150104T0814Z-150104T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
214 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 300 AM CST
* AT 212 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...OR 8 MILES
NORTH OF US 29 AND CR 43...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED LEVEL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3143 8649 3126 8677 3126 8686 3130 8693
3153 8666
TIME...MOT...LOC 0814Z 225DEG 42KT 3129 8682
$$2 follow-up statements
135
WWUS54 KMOB 040831
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
231 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC035-039-040900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150104T0900Z/
CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-
231 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND EAST CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES...
AT 228 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RED LEVEL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO NEAR THE
COMMUNITY OF MELROSE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED LEVEL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3130 8674 3134 8681 3152 8664 3143 8649
3134 8665
TIME...MOT...LOC 0830Z 231DEG 26KT 3135 8673
$$300
WWUS54 KMOB 040840
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
240 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC035-040850-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150104T0900Z/
CONECUH AL-
240 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL CONECUH
COUNTY...
AT 239 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
CONECUH COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3135 8663 3139 8668 3140 8666 3143 8668
3150 8661 3143 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 232DEG 33KT 3142 8663
$$
ALC039-040900-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150104T0900Z/
COVINGTON AL-
240 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 239 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...OR NEAR RED LEVEL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED LEVEL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3135 8663 3139 8668 3140 8666 3143 8668
3150 8661 3143 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 232DEG 33KT 3142 8663
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 8:23 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Jan 4, 12:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 68 min | |
| Jan 4, 1:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Jan 4, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 52 min |
| Jan 4, 1:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Jan 4, 2:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 2:05 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jan 4, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Jan 4, 3:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Jan 4, 4:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Jan 4, 5:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 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.