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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 2016, 2:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 5 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
- Mar 24, 2016, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 24, 2016, 2:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ssw Mckenzie, AL | HARDWOOD TREES UPROOTED. |
| Mar 24, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Mckenzie, AL | LARGE TREE UPROOTED AND BLOWN ONTO MOBILE HOME. |
| Mar 24, 2:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mckenzie, AL | COUNTY EM REPORTS TREES DOWN ON TWO HOUSES, CITY WORKSHOP SUSTAINED DAMAGE, AND AT LEAST ONE BARN DESTROYED BY STRONG WINDS. |
| Mar 24, 2:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Pigeon Creek, AL | TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG PIGEON CREEK RD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Mar 24, 2:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nnw Dozier, AL | POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN ALONG LEON TOWER RD. RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.
845
WFUS54 KMOB 241923
TORMOB
ALC013-035-039-041-242000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0028.160324T1923Z-160324T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
223 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 223 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MCKENZIE...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EAST CENTRAL CONECUH...SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW...NORTHWESTERN
COVINGTON AND SOUTHERN BUTLER COUNTIES.
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 3152 8635 3143 8688 3156 8689 3167 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 258DEG 46KT 3151 8678
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
429
WWUS54 KMOB 241935
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
235 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
ALC035-241944-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160324T2000Z/
CONECUH AL-
235 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3152 8635 3146 8670 3152 8670 3152 8674
3159 8677 3167 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 255DEG 40KT 3154 8666
$$
ALC013-039-041-242000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160324T2000Z/
CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-BUTLER AL-
235 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW...NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
BUTLER COUNTIES...
AT 234 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR MCKENZIE...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING
EAST AT 45 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.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MCKENZIE.
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 3152 8635 3146 8670 3152 8670 3152 8674
3159 8677 3167 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 255DEG 40KT 3154 8666
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$480
WWUS54 KMOB 241946
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
246 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
ALC013-039-041-241956-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160324T2000Z/
CRENSHAW AL-COVINGTON AL-BUTLER AL-
246 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CRENSHAW...NORTHWESTERN
COVINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3152 8635 3146 8670 3152 8670 3152 8674
3159 8677 3167 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 258DEG 46KT 3157 8652
$$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, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.