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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 2017, 9:11 AM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 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
- Apr 5, 2017, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2017, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 560 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
295
WFUS54 KMOB 051411
TORMOB
ALC131-051445-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0025.170405T1411Z-170405T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
911 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 945 AM CDT
* At 911 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Camden, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Wilcox 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 3208 8719 3207 8719 3205 8718 3205 8686
3203 8686 3187 8728 3198 8741 3210 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1411Z 239DEG 35KT 3197 8726
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$1 follow-up statement
500
WWUS54 KMOB 051430
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
930 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017
ALC131-051439-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-170405T1445Z/
Wilcox AL-
930 AM CDT WED APR 5 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until noon CDT for south central
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3208 8719 3207 8719 3205 8718 3205 8686
3203 8686 3187 8728 3198 8741 3210 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1428Z 239DEG 35KT 3206 8707
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Apr 4, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Apr 4, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 12:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 51 min |
| Apr 5, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 7:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 5, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 7:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 8:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 8:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 8:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 9:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Monroe | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Apr 5, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 10:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 98 min | |
| Apr 5, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 5, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Apr 5, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Apr 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Apr 5, 1:53 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 38 hr | |
| Apr 5, 2:06 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 23 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.