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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2016, 6:27 AM CST for Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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
- Feb 3, 2016, 6:27 AM CST (12:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2016, 6:43 AM CST
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 585 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
474
WFUS54 KMOB 031227
TORMOB
ALC039-041-031300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.160203T1227Z-160203T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
627 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 700 AM CST
* AT 626 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF DOZIER...OR 13 MILES WEST OF
ELBA...MOVING NORTHEAST 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
SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW AND NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON 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 3154 8616 3153 8616 3153 8620 3143 8619
3142 8620 3141 8633 3143 8638 3148 8639
3153 8632 3159 8615 3154 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1226Z 241DEG 44KT 3149 8630
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
543
WWUS54 KMOB 031240
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
640 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016
ALC039-031249-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1300Z/
COVINGTON AL-
640 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3154 8615 3154 8616 3153 8616 3153 8620
3144 8620 3144 8626 3146 8626 3146 8628
3153 8628 3159 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 263DEG 43KT 3147 8613
$$
ALC041-031300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1300Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
640 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY...
AT 639 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELBA...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
SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY.
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 3154 8615 3154 8616 3153 8616 3153 8620
3144 8620 3144 8626 3146 8626 3146 8628
3153 8628 3159 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1239Z 263DEG 43KT 3147 8613
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$020
WWUS54 KMOB 031243
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
643 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016
ALC041-031253-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160203T1300Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
643 AM CST WED FEB 3 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3154 8615 3154 8616 3153 8616 3153 8620
3144 8620 3144 8626 3146 8626 3146 8628
3153 8628 3159 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 241DEG 44KT 3150 8607
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 89 min |
| Feb 3, 3:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Feb 3, 4:14 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 61 min |
| Feb 3, 4:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 10 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 3, 5:44 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 61 min |
| Feb 3, 6:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Feb 3, 6:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Feb 3, 6:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Feb 3, 8:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Feb 3, 9:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 5 days |
| Feb 3, 9:22 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Feb 3, 10:18 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Feb 3, 2:13 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 5 days |
| Feb 3, 3:22 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 45 hr |
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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.