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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 8, 2020, 4:25 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
- Apr 8, 2020, 4:25 PM CDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2020, 4:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Butler, AL | REPORTS OF HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND QUARTERS JUST OUTSIDE OF BUTLER. PICTURES AND VIDEO VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Apr 8, 4:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 E Butler, AL | PICTURES OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL ON SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
045
WFUS54 KMOB 082125
TORMOB
ALC023-082215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0016.200408T2125Z-200408T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
425 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 515 PM CDT.
* At 424 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Lisman, or 7 miles northwest of Butler, moving
east at 45 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...
Butler around 435 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 3217 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805
3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
3202 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3198 8806
3198 8807 3195 8808 3197 8809 3196 8811
3209 8845 3226 8838
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 290DEG 40KT 3215 8833
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
885
WWUS54 KMOB 082135
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
435 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020
ALC023-082215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-200408T2215Z/
Choctaw AL-
435 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
At 435 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Butler, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Choctaw County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3217 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805
3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
3202 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3198 8806
3198 8807 3195 8808 3197 8809 3196 8811
3208 8831 3220 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2135Z 290DEG 40KT 3211 8819
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$209
WWUS54 KMOB 082148
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
448 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020
ALC023-082158-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-200408T2215Z/
Choctaw AL-
448 PM CDT Wed Apr 8 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW 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 900 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3217 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805
3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
3202 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3198 8806
3198 8807 3195 8808 3197 8809 3196 8811
3208 8831 3220 8825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 290DEG 40KT 3206 8803
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 54 min |
| Apr 8, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 52 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.