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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2018, 2:09 PM CDT for Butler County, Covington County, Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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 22, 2018, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2018, 2:32 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, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
844
WFUS54 KMOB 221909
TORMOB
ALC013-039-041-222000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0006.180422T1909Z-180422T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
209 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Butler County in south central Alabama...
Central Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...
North central Covington County in south central Alabama...
* Until 300 PM CDT.
* At 209 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles north of Gantt, or 14 miles north of Andalusia,
moving northeast at 25 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...
Luverne and Rutledge around 250 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 3148 8640 3147 8653 3156 8656 3184 8642
3178 8615 3176 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 207DEG 23KT 3152 8650
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
175
WWUS54 KMOB 221923
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
223 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
ALC039-221933-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-180422T2000Z/
Covington AL-
223 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3153 8640 3153 8650 3160 8653 3184 8642
3178 8615 3175 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 207DEG 23KT 3160 8645
$$
ALC013-041-222000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-180422T2000Z/
Butler AL-Crenshaw AL-
223 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTIES...
At 223 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles northwest of Dozier, or 13 miles southwest of
Luverne, moving northeast at 25 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...
Luverne and Rutledge around 250 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 3153 8640 3153 8650 3160 8653 3184 8642
3178 8615 3175 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 207DEG 23KT 3160 8645
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$859
WWUS54 KMOB 221932
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
232 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
ALC013-041-221941-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-180422T2000Z/
Butler AL-Crenshaw AL-
232 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER AND CENTRAL CRENSHAW
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3153 8640 3153 8650 3160 8653 3184 8642
3178 8615 3175 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 207DEG 23KT 3165 8642
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 13 min |
| Apr 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 22 min |
| Apr 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 29 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.