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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

April 19, 2020Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2020, 6:27 PM CDT for Wilcox 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, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2020, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.

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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 260 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

550 
WFUS54 KMOB 192327
TORMOB
ALC131-200015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.200419T2327Z-200420T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
627 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Wilcox County in south central Alabama...

* Until 715 PM CDT.
    
* At 626 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles southwest of Pine Hill, or 5 miles northeast of
  Thomasville, moving east at 70 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...
  Pine Hill around 630 PM CDT.
  Yellow Bluff around 635 PM CDT.
  Camden around 645 PM CDT.
  Pine Apple around 700 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.

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 3220 8736 3220 8733 3214 8728 3214 8725
      3212 8726 3208 8719 3205 8718 3205 8686
      3196 8686 3196 8691 3183 8691 3183 8762
      3187 8762 3188 8767 3200 8767 3201 8762
      3213 8762 3213 8752 3226 8752 3227 8744
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 272DEG 61KT 3195 8765 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
JLH

2 follow-up statements

421 
WWUS54 KMOB 192341
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
641 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

ALC131-200015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-200420T0015Z/
Wilcox AL-
641 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR WILCOX
COUNTY...

At 641 PM CDT, a severe squall line capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage was located along a
line extending from 5 miles west of Dannelly Reservoir to 8 miles
east of Fulton, moving east at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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.

These tornadic storms will remain over mainly rural areas of Wilcox
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.

This line 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 3224 8742 3223 8739 3220 8736 3220 8733
      3214 8728 3214 8725 3213 8726 3211 8726
      3208 8719 3204 8718 3204 8686 3196 8686
      3196 8691 3183 8691 3183 8762 3187 8762
      3188 8767 3190 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 273DEG 45KT 3216 8731 3181 8759 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JLH

022 
WWUS54 KMOB 200003
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
703 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

ALC131-200015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-200420T0015Z/
Wilcox AL-
703 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR
EASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
    
At 703 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Vredenburgh, or 9 miles south of Camden, moving east
at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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.

Locations impacted include...
Camden and Pine Apple. 

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.

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 3208 8720 3204 8718 3204 8686 3196 8686
      3196 8691 3183 8691 3183 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 271DEG 43KT 3186 8735 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

JLH

The 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, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	48 min
Apr 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	31 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.