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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 17, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Mar 17, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2021, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 11:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 658 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
397
WFUS54 KMOB 172253
TORMOB
ALC131-172330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0012.210317T2253Z-210317T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
553 PM CDT Wed Mar 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Vineland, or 11 miles northeast of Thomasville,
moving northeast 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
northwestern 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3227 8744 3226 8744 3224 8741 3224 8739
3222 8739 3222 8737 3220 8736 3220 8735
3201 8759 3200 8763 3201 8762 3213 8762
3213 8752 3226 8752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 225DEG 37KT 3205 8763
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 16 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 4:18 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 26 hr |
| Mar 17, 4:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox | 18 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 32 days |
| Mar 17, 10:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 32 days |
| Mar 17, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 1:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Mar 17, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 56 min |
| Mar 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 39 min |
| Mar 17, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Mar 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 20 min |
| Mar 17, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 14 min |
| Mar 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 17, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 43 min |
| Mar 17, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 5:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Mar 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 17, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 22 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.