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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2020, 5:57 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2020, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2020, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 776 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 610 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
The text
As transmitted.
599
WFUS54 KMOB 192257
TORMOB
ALC025-192345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.200419T2257Z-200419T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
557 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 645 PM CDT.
* At 557 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southwest of Putnam, or 8 miles southeast of
Butler, 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...
Thomasville around 635 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 3199 8767 3189 8767 3192 8808 3192 8807
3193 8805 3194 8807 3192 8809 3196 8810
3196 8809 3195 8808 3196 8807 3198 8807
3198 8806 3199 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 278DEG 33KT 3199 8813
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
149
WWUS54 KMOB 192324
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
624 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
ALC025-192345-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-200419T2345Z/
Clarke AL-
624 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
CLARKE COUNTY...
At 624 PM CDT, tornado located 8 miles southeast of Putnam, or 11
miles west of Thomasville, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and 70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Thomasville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3199 8767 3189 8767 3190 8785 3199 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 276DEG 37KT 3194 8793
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JLH141
WWUS54 KMOB 192342
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
642 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
ALC025-192352-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-200419T2345Z/
Clarke AL-
642 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645
PM CDT...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3199 8767 3189 8767 3190 8785 3199 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 278DEG 33KT 3192 8776
$$
JLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 7 hr | |
| Apr 19, 11:24 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 23 hr | |
| Apr 19, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 19, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 14 min |
| Apr 19, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 45 min |
| Apr 19, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 23 min |
| Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.