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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

April 14, 2019Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2019, 6:43 AM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 min. 3 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: Apr 14, 2019, 6:43 AM CDT (11:43 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 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
Apr 14, 6:45 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Wnw Glenwood, AL	REPORTS OF LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Apr 14, 6:53 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 N Glenwood, AL	ROOF BLOW OFF CHICKEN FARM AND DEBRIS SCATTERED ABOUT 2 FOOTBALL FIELDS. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 14, 6:53 AM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Glenwood, AL	THE EF-0 TORNADO FORMED WEST OF GOSHEN, AL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF JONES BRIDGE RD AND ATHENS CHURCH RD WHERE IT UPROOTED TREES AND TORE THE ROOF OFF OF A CHICKEN BARN. THE TORNADO CONTINUED EAST CAUSING DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS BEFORE CROSSING N GOSHEN ROAD INTO

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
Apr 14, 2:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 506 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1458 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 428 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

359 
WFUS54 KMOB 141143
TORMOB
ALC041-141200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.190414T1143Z-190414T1200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
643 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...

* Until 700 AM CDT.
    
* At 642 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Glenwood, or 5 miles south of Luverne, moving
  northeast at 40 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 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 3157 8621 3165 8630 3179 8617 3179 8615
      3166 8615 3166 8616 3165 8616 3163 8618
      3162 8618 3162 8615 3161 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 225DEG 36KT 3164 8623 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

JLH

1 follow-up statement

691 
WWUS54 KMOB 141200
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
700 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

ALC041-141210-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-190414T1200Z/
Crenshaw AL-
700 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for south central
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3157 8621 3165 8630 3179 8617 3179 8615
      3166 8615 3166 8616 3165 8616 3163 8618
      3162 8618 3162 8615 3161 8615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 225DEG 36KT 3175 8610 

$$

JLH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 7:32 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	7 hr
Apr 13, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	33 min
Apr 13, 11:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	25 min
Apr 13, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	43 min
Apr 14, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	44 min
Apr 14, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	57 min
Apr 14, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	53 min
Apr 14, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	49 min
Apr 14, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	46 min
Apr 14, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile, Washington	50 min
Apr 14, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	39 min
Apr 14, 3:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	35 min
Apr 14, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Apr 14, 3:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	3 hr
Apr 14, 3:47 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	28 min
Apr 14, 4:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe	3 hr
Apr 14, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Apr 14, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw	42 min
Apr 14, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
Apr 14, 5:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	3 hr
Apr 14, 5:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Escambia	44 min
Apr 14, 5:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	3 hr
Apr 14, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	49 min
Apr 14, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	53 min
Apr 14, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
Apr 14, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	49 min
Apr 14, 6:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	36 min
Apr 14, 6:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	3 hr
Apr 14, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Apr 14, 7:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	35 min
Apr 14, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	23 min
Apr 14, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		37 min
Apr 14, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		34 min
Apr 14, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 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.