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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

February 23, 2016Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 23, 2016, 6:10 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min. 4 reports 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: Feb 23, 2016, 6:10 PM CST (00:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 23, 6:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Jackson, AL	TREE ON RESIDENCE AT 155 MAPLE DR.
Feb 23, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	1 S Coffeeville, AL	LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS HWY. 69 1 MILE S. OF COFFEEVILLE.
Feb 23, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Jackson, AL	TREE DOWN ON RESIDENCE AT 155 MAPLE DR.
Feb 23, 6:30 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Nne Coffeeville, AL	TREE DOWN HWY 154 AT MILE MARKER 6, ACROSS ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 23, 2:13 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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: 37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

925 
WFUS54 KMOB 240010
TORMOB
ALC023-025-129-240100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0019.160224T0010Z-160224T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
610 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 700 PM CST
    
* AT 610 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  SAINT STEPHENS AROUND 620 PM CST. 
  COFFEEVILLE AROUND 630 PM CST. 
  FULTON AROUND 650 PM CST. 
  THOMASVILLE AROUND 655 PM 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.

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3188 8767 3188 8763 3187 8762
      3183 8762 3183 8750 3181 8750 3181 8752
      3170 8752 3170 8757 3158 8757 3135 8824
      3154 8840 3199 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 228DEG 42KT 3155 8821 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS

3 follow-up statements

103 
WWUS54 KMOB 240026
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
626 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC023-025-129-240100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160224T0100Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
626 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND CLARKE COUNTIES...
    
AT 626 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SAINT STEPHENS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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...
  GROVE HILL AND WHATLEY AROUND 645 PM CST. 
  FULTON AROUND 650 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3188 8767 3188 8763 3187 8762
      3183 8762 3183 8750 3181 8750 3181 8752
      3170 8752 3170 8757 3158 8757 3143 8800
      3163 8829 3199 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 238DEG 42KT 3162 8799 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS

578 
WWUS54 KMOB 240039
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
639 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC023-129-240048-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160224T0100Z/
CHOCTAW AL-WASHINGTON AL-
639 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES 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 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762
      3183 8750 3181 8752 3170 8752 3170 8757
      3154 8799 3157 8803 3157 8802 3159 8803
      3159 8806 3160 8808 3174 8809 3176 8812
      3175 8814 3199 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 231DEG 37KT 3172 8785 

$$

ALC025-240100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160224T0100Z/
CLARKE AL-
639 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR NORTHERN
CLARKE COUNTY...
    
AT 638 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 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...
  FULTON AROUND 650 PM CST. 
  THOMASVILLE AROUND 655 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762
      3183 8750 3181 8752 3170 8752 3170 8757
      3154 8799 3157 8803 3157 8802 3159 8803
      3159 8806 3160 8808 3174 8809 3176 8812
      3175 8814 3199 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 231DEG 37KT 3172 8785 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS

036 
WWUS54 KMOB 240101
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
701 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC025-240110-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160224T0100Z/
CLARKE AL-
701 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
CLARKE COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3188 8767 3187 8762 3183 8762
      3183 8750 3181 8752 3170 8752 3170 8757
      3154 8799 3157 8803 3157 8802 3159 8803
      3159 8806 3160 8808 3174 8809 3176 8812
      3175 8814 3199 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 228DEG 42KT 3172 8785 

$$

BUTTS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 6:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	3 hr
Feb 23, 6:06 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		54 min
Feb 23, 6:29 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	11 min
Feb 23, 6:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	44 min
Feb 23, 6:35 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	25 min
Feb 23, 6:58 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Feb 23, 7:00 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Feb 23, 7:13 PM CST	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin	62 min
Feb 23, 7:14 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	46 min
Feb 23, 7:17 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	43 min
Feb 23, 7:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Feb 23, 7:27 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		48 min
Feb 23, 7:28 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 7:34 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	116 min
Feb 23, 8:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	21 min
Feb 23, 8:09 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	39 min
Feb 23, 8:15 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		15 min
Feb 23, 8:28 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		32 min
Feb 23, 8:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	2 hr
Feb 23, 8:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		61 min
Feb 23, 9:08 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	22 min
Feb 23, 9:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	34 min
Feb 23, 9:57 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Feb 24, 12:44 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	76 min
Feb 24, 3:59 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		17 hr
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	4 days
Feb 24, 1:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	8 days

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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.