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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

January 4, 2015Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 3:20 AM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report 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 4, 2015, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC)
Expired: Jan 4, 2015, 3:46 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 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 4, 3:32 AM CST	TORNADO	3 E Luverne, AL	REPORTS OF HOMES DAMAGED NEAR GIN CREEK RD AND GLENWOOD. EXTENT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. TREES DOWN AS WELL.

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 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 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.

490 
WFUS54 KMOB 040920
TORMOB
ALC041-041000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0007.150104T0920Z-150104T1000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
320 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 400 AM CST

* AT 319 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND
  LIKELY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE...
  OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANTLEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LUVERNE...            GLENWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3167 8614 3159 8630 3163 8636 3180 8618
      3179 8614 3178 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 232DEG 47KT 3165 8628

$$

2 follow-up statements

123 
WWUS54 KMOB 040929
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
329 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

ALC041-041000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150104T1000Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
329 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY...

AT 326 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION AND LIKELY
PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF LUVERNE...OR 5 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUTLEDGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LUVERNE...            GLENWOOD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3167 8614 3162 8625 3166 8632 3180 8618
      3179 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0929Z 226DEG 36KT 3169 8624

$$

700 
WWUS54 KMOB 040946
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
346 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

ALC041-040956-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-150104T1000Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
346 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL CRENSHAW
COUNTY...

AT 344 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL
CRENSHAW COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.

LAT...LON 3167 8614 3162 8625 3166 8632 3180 8618
      3179 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 226DEG 36KT 3181 8610

$$

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, 2:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington	46 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.