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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2016, 2:05 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Mar 24, 2016, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
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 19:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
042
WFUS54 KMOB 241905
TORMOB
ALC035-039-241930-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0027.160324T1905Z-160324T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
205 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
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 230 PM CDT
* AT 204 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER CASTLEBERRY...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF EVERGREEN...
MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
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...
RIVER FALLS AND RED LEVEL AROUND 230 PM CDT.
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 3124 8677 3126 8677 3126 8708 3134 8709
3146 8654 3125 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 256DEG 53KT 3128 8700
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
915
WWUS54 KMOB 241921
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
221 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
ALC035-039-241930-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160324T1930Z/
CONECUH AL-COVINGTON AL-
221 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CONECUH AND NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 221 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
RED LEVEL AROUND 230 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER
AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3127 8686 3139 8690 3146 8654 3127 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 255DEG 42KT 3133 8681
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 10:22 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 45 hr |
| Mar 24, 12:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 119 min |
| Mar 24, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 12:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Mar 24, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 1:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Mar 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Mar 24, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 1 more | 59 min |
| Mar 24, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Mar 24, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Mar 24, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Mar 24, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 33 min |
| Mar 24, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 37 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.