Tornado Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Feb 23, 2016, 6:29 PM CST (00:29 UTC)

Expired

Feb 23, 2016, 6:40 PM CST

In force

11 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Tornado

Radar indicated

Hail

1.0 in

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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676 
WFUS54 KMOB 240029
TORMOB
ALC003-025-097-129-240115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0020.160224T0029Z-160224T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 PM CST
    
* AT 627 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED NEAR CHUNCHULA...OR 12 MILES WEST OF SARALAND...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  GULFCREST AROUND 640 PM CST. 
  CITRONELLE AROUND 645 PM CST.
  BUCKS AROUND 650 PM CST.
  MOUNT VERNON...AND MOVICO AROUND 655 PM CST.
  CALVERT AND MALCOLM AROUND 700 PM CST.
  MCINTOSH AROUND 705 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3087 8841 3142 8796 3119 8767 3076 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 218DEG 40KT 3088 8827 

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

$$

470 
WWUS54 KMOB 240040
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-025-097-129-240049-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160224T0115Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
640 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN...NORTHERN MOBILE...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 CANCELLED.  HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

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

LAT...LON 3087 8841 3142 8796 3119 8767 3076 8824
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 218DEG 40KT 3099 8817 

$$

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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.