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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 22, 2018, 2:29 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 22, 2018, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2018, 2:52 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 S Grove Hill, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY EMA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 342 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1340 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
488
WFUS54 KMOB 221929
TORMOB
ALC025-222015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0014.180722T1929Z-180722T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
229 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 229 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Grove Hill, moving southeast at 35 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...
Whatley around 245 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 3172 8790 3177 8785 3165 8762 3153 8777
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 319DEG 29KT 3170 8784
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
138
WWUS54 KMOB 221943
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
243 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
ALC025-222015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180722T2015Z/
Clarke AL-
243 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLARKE COUNTY...
At 243 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southwest of Whatley, or 7 miles south of Grove
Hill, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Clarke County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8781 3171 8774 3169 8771 3161 8766
3153 8777 3165 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 335DEG 27KT 3161 8778
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$337
WWUS54 KMOB 221952
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
252 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
ALC025-222001-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180722T2015Z/
Clarke AL-
252 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3169 8781 3171 8774 3169 8771 3161 8766
3153 8777 3165 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 319DEG 29KT 3156 8773
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 67 min |
| Jul 21, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Jul 22, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Covington | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 3:22 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 24 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 14 min |
| Jul 22, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 23 min |
| Jul 22, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 15 min |
| Jul 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 22, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 18 min |
| Jul 22, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 1:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 80 min |
| Jul 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 2:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 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.