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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL

April 19, 2020Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2020, 10:47 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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 19, 2020, 10:47 PM CDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 19, 2020, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 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 19, 10:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Sanford, AL	* 1 INJ * A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF COUNTY ROAD 70 AND TRAVELED SOUTHEAST FOR ROUGHLY 1.25 MILES, PRODUCING EF-2 DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS STRUCTURES AND TREES ALONG THE WAY.
Apr 19, 10:49 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 N Sanford, AL	* 1 INJ * A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF COUNTY ROAD 70 AND TRAVELED SOUTHEAST FOR ROUGHLY 1.25 MILES, PRODUCING EF-2 DAMAGE TO NUMEROUS STRUCTURES AND TREES ALONG THE WAY.
Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Nnw Sanford, AL	AWOS STATION K79J AT THE ANDALUSIA OPP AIRPORT MEASURED A WIND GUST OF 60 MPH.
Apr 19, 10:58 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Opp, AL	TREES DOWN IN OPP. METAL ROOF PEELED OFF RESIDENCE.

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 19, 9:39 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 2182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 17.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

286 
WFUS54 KMOB 200347
TORMOB
ALC039-200415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0031.200420T0347Z-200420T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1047 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Covington County in south central Alabama...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.
    
* At 1047 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms capable of producing a tornado
  were located along a line extending from 3 miles east of Heath to 3
  miles south of Andalusia, moving southeast 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.

* These dangerous storms will be near...
  Opp around 1100 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 3126 8654 3145 8645 3142 8620 3104 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 297DEG 52KT 3137 8640 3126 8647 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

039 
WWUS54 KMOB 200409
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1109 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

ALC039-200419-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-200420T0415Z/
Covington AL-
1109 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1115 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for south central
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3126 8654 3145 8645 3142 8620 3104 8619
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 297DEG 52KT 3123 8609 3113 8616 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 19, 7:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	22 min
Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler	30 min
Apr 19, 7:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	30 min
Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	3 hr
Apr 19, 8:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	8 days
Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	55 min
Apr 19, 9:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, Washington	3 hr
Apr 19, 9:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	38 min
Apr 19, 9:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Washington	24 min
Apr 19, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile	19 min
Apr 19, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	39 min
Apr 19, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	25 min
Apr 19, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	52 min
Apr 19, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	35 min
Apr 19, 10:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	51 min
Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	36 min
Apr 19, 11:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	27 min
Apr 19, 11:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	38 min
Apr 19, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	61 min
Apr 19, 11:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	29 min
Apr 19, 11:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Apr 19, 11:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	34 min
Apr 19, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	47 min
Apr 19, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Apr 19, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	30 min
Apr 19, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
Apr 20, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	40 min
Apr 20, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		113 min
Apr 20, 12:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	50 min
Apr 20, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	28 min
Apr 20, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	30 min
Apr 20, 12:50 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
Apr 20, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Apr 20, 12:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	66 min
Apr 20, 1:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		35 min
Apr 20, 2:13 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		43 min
Apr 20, 2:59 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		39 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.