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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2020, 9:38 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min. 4 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 12, 2020, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2020, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 9:40 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Anne Marie, AL | MOBILE HOME SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. |
| Apr 12, 9:44 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Wnw Anne Marie, AL | THE TORNADO ENTERED WILCOX COUNTY FROM MARENGO COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST OF COUNTY ROAD 32 AND LIFTED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 30. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 32 WHERE NUMEROUS PINE TREES WERE SNAPPED. A MOBILE HOME WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY A LARG |
| Apr 12, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nw Boykin, AL | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN REPORTED TO EMA OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF WILCOX CO., AL. |
| Apr 12, 10:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Camden, AL | TREE DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME REPORTED. |
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 12, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 401 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 509 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.4
The text
As transmitted.
288
WFUS54 KMOB 130238
TORMOB
ALC131-130330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.200413T0238Z-200413T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
938 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 938 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Shawnee, or 6 miles northeast of Thomasville,
moving east at 60 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...
Yellow Bluff around 950 PM CDT.
Camden around 1000 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 3214 8728 3214 8725 3212 8726 3208 8719
3205 8718 3205 8693 3196 8691 3196 8767
3200 8767 3201 8762 3213 8762 3213 8752
3216 8752 3220 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 266DEG 54KT 3200 8768
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
099
WWUS54 KMOB 130304
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1004 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
ALC131-130330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-200413T0330Z/
Wilcox AL-
1004 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTY...
At 1003 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Dannelly Reservoir, or 7 miles north
of Camden, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Wilcox County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3214 8725 3212 8726 3208 8719 3205 8718
3205 8693 3196 8691 3196 8750 3203 8750
3210 8746 3217 8747 3220 8733 3214 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0303Z 251DEG 41KT 3210 8731
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$192
WWUS54 KMOB 130321
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1021 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
ALC131-130330-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-200413T0330Z/
Wilcox AL-
1021 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030
PM CDT...
The tornado threat has diminished. Damaging winds remain likely and
a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central Alabama.
LAT...LON 3214 8725 3212 8726 3208 8719 3205 8718
3205 8693 3196 8691 3196 8750 3203 8750
3210 8746 3217 8747 3220 8733 3214 8728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 266DEG 54KT 3212 8702
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Apr 12, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 45 min |
| Apr 12, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 12, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 12, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 12, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 56 min |
| Apr 12, 10:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 46 min |
| Apr 12, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe | 43 min |
| Apr 12, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Apr 13, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 64 min | |
| Apr 13, 1:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 1:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Apr 13, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 20 min | |
| Apr 13, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 68 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.