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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2020, 9:43 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2020, 10:18 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:46 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 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.
812
WFUS54 KMOB 130243
TORMOB
ALC025-099-131-130330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0019.200413T0243Z-200413T0330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
943 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Monroe County in south central Alabama...
Northeastern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
Southwestern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 1030 PM CDT.
* At 942 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Fulton, or 7 miles south of Thomasville, moving
northeast at 65 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 955 PM CDT.
Camden around 1010 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 3174 8777 3184 8781 3208 8722 3183 8714
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 242DEG 56KT 3181 8770
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
979
WWUS54 KMOB 130300
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1000 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
ALC025-130309-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-200413T0330Z/
Clarke AL-
1000 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central and southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3208 8722 3183 8714 3178 8752 3181 8752
3182 8750 3183 8750 3183 8759 3192 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 245DEG 56KT 3191 8740
$$
ALC099-131-130330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-200413T0330Z/
Monroe AL-Wilcox AL-
1000 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...
At 959 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southeast of Yellow Bluff, or 8 miles southwest
of Camden, moving northeast at 65 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...
Camden around 1005 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 3208 8722 3183 8714 3178 8752 3181 8752
3182 8750 3183 8750 3183 8759 3192 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 245DEG 56KT 3191 8740
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$461
WWUS54 KMOB 130318
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1018 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
ALC099-131-130327-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-200413T0330Z/
Monroe AL-Wilcox AL-
1018 PM CDT Sun Apr 12 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE AND SOUTHWESTERN
WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
Rotation has weakened and the storm no longer appears capable of
producing a tornado. Therefore, the tornado warning has been
cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for south
central and southwestern Alabama.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect.
LAT...LON 3208 8722 3183 8714 3178 8752 3181 8752
3182 8750 3183 8750 3183 8759 3192 8760
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 242DEG 56KT 3204 8710
$$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, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 52 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.