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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 3, 2019, 12:51 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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
- Mar 3, 2019, 12:51 PM CST (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2019, 1:15 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 12:55 PM CST | TORNADO | 3 S Chatom, AL | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 17, 3 MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM. THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 17 AND CONTINUED EAST INTO A MORE FORESTED AREA. THE PATH LENGTH IS AN ESTIMATE AS A FINAL END POINT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO LACK OF ROAD ACCESS. THE |
| Mar 3, 12:57 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Chatom, AL | STORM SPOTTER REPORTS SEVERAL TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ACROSS HWY 17 FIVE MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM, AL. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:03 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
919
WFUS54 KMOB 031851
TORMOB
ALC025-129-031915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.190303T1851Z-190303T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1251 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2019
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
Central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 115 PM CST.
* At 1251 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Chatom, moving east 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Wagarville and Saint Stephens around 110 PM CST.
Jackson and Leroy around 115 PM CST.
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 3135 8833 3148 8835 3162 8783 3135 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 261DEG 37KT 3143 8828
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
757
WWUS54 KMOB 031900
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
100 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2019
ALC025-129-031915-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-190303T1915Z/
Washington AL-Clarke AL-
100 PM CST SUN MAR 3 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CST FOR EAST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES...
At 100 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located 4 miles southeast of
Chatom, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Wagarville, Leroy and Saint Stephens around 115 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3137 8825 3148 8826 3162 8783 3135 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 261DEG 35KT 3143 8820
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:12 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 63 min |
| Mar 3, 11:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 3, 11:55 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 1:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 51 min |
| Mar 3, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 3, 1:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 27 min |
| Mar 3, 1:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Mar 3, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 2:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 47 min |
| Mar 3, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 67 min |
| Mar 3, 2:30 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
| Mar 3, 2:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 29 min |
| Mar 3, 2:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 52 min |
| Mar 3, 2:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Mar 3, 2:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Mar 3, 3:01 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 3, 3:04 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 56 min |
| Mar 3, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 40 min |
| Mar 3, 3:21 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Mar 3, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 50 min |
| Mar 3, 3:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| Mar 3, 3:57 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 79 min | |
| Mar 3, 4:07 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 81 min | |
| Mar 3, 4:09 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Mar 3, 4:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 3, 5:00 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Mar 3, 5:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 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.