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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

January 4, 2015Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2015-01-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2015-01-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 8:23 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB9 hr
Jan 4, 12:52 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB68 min
Jan 4, 1:18 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin42 min
Jan 4, 1:23 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia52 min
Jan 4, 1:30 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB45 min
Jan 4, 2:04 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia41 min
Jan 4, 2:05 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Jan 4, 2:45 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw45 min
Jan 4, 3:15 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 min
Jan 4, 3:20 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw26 min
Jan 4, 4:38 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB97 min
Jan 4, 5:57 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB63 min

Nearby

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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.