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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 31, 2020, 9:11 AM CDT for Butler County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
- Mar 31, 2020, 9:11 AM CDT (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2020, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Butler County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 9:12 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Oak Hill, AL | WILCOX COUNTY EMA REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR OAK HILL. |
| Mar 31, 9:18 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pine Apple, AL | WILCOX COUNTY EMA REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR PINE APPLE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 734 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 929 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
454
WFUS54 KMOB 311411
TORMOB
ALC013-131-311445-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.200331T1411Z-200331T1445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
911 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Butler County in south central Alabama...
Southeastern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 945 AM CDT.
* At 910 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles east of Camden, moving east at 35 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 Apple around 930 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3196 8686 3196 8679 3184 8677 3190 8722
3200 8721 3205 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1410Z 267DEG 31KT 3196 8718
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
950
WWUS54 KMOB 311424
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
924 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020
ALC013-131-311445-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200331T1445Z/
Butler AL-Wilcox AL-
924 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER AND EAST CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTIES...
At 923 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles north of Pine Apple, or 18 miles east of Camden,
moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Butler and east central Wilcox Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3196 8686 3196 8679 3188 8678 3193 8708
3202 8707 3205 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 268DEG 45KT 3197 8698
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$778
WWUS54 KMOB 311440
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
940 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020
ALC013-131-311449-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200331T1445Z/
Butler AL-Wilcox AL-
940 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BUTLER AND EAST CENTRAL
WILCOX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning no longer appears capable of
producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to
expire. However gusty winds are still possible with this
thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for south central
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3196 8686 3196 8679 3188 8678 3193 8708
3202 8707 3205 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 267DEG 31KT 3198 8683
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 5:13 AM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 13 hr |
| Mar 31, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 7:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 46 min |
| Mar 31, 8:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia and 4 more | 55 min |
| Mar 31, 9:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Mar 31, 9:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Mar 31, 10:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 2 more | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 31, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 11:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 31, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 11:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 14 min |
| Mar 31, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Mar 31, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 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.