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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 10, 2020, 7:05 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 10, 2020, 7:05 PM CST (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2020, 7:30 PM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 7:06 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Loper, AL | TREES FELL ONTO 2 HOMES AND 1 MOBILE HOME NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 17 AND BARLOW RD. NUMEROUS OTHER TREES WERE UPROOTED. A TORNADO PATH COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED AND THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 613 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted.
322
WFUS54 KMOB 110105
TORMOB
ALC025-129-110130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.200211T0105Z-200211T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
705 PM CST Mon Feb 10 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
Western Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 730 PM CST.
* At 705 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southeast of Millry, or 7 miles north of
Chatom, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Washington and western Clarke Counties.
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 3167 8797 3156 8795 3152 8831 3160 8836
3173 8801
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 254DEG 33KT 3158 8828
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black1 follow-up statement
130
WWUS54 KMOB 110114
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
714 PM CST Mon Feb 10 2020
ALC025-129-110130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200211T0130Z/
Washington AL-Clarke AL-
714 PM CST Mon Feb 10 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND WESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...
At 714 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Millry, or 10 miles northeast of Chatom,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Washington and western Clarke Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3157 8795 3155 8826 3162 8831 3173 8801
3167 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 254DEG 33KT 3160 8818
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BlackThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 6:39 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 36 min |
| Feb 10, 6:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 10, 7:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 19 min |
| Feb 10, 7:45 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 30 min |
| Feb 10, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 44 min |
| Feb 10, 8:35 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 40 min |
| Feb 10, 8:42 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Feb 11, 2:59 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 18 hr |
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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.