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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 25, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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 25, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 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 25, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 13.2
The text
As transmitted.
824
WFUS54 KMOB 260000
TORMOB
ALC023-260030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0015.210326T0000Z-210326T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
700 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Butler, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Choctaw 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805 3209 8804
3206 8807 3207 8808 3207 8810 3205 8812
3205 8811 3203 8812 3202 8829 3212 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 256DEG 43KT 3208 8822
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$2 follow-up statements
760
WWUS54 KMOB 260012
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
712 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
ALC023-260030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210326T0030Z/
Choctaw AL-
712 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CHOCTAW COUNTY...
At 711 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Nanafalia, or 10 miles east of Butler, moving east
at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Butler.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805 3209 8804
3206 8807 3207 8808 3207 8810 3205 8812
3205 8811 3203 8812 3202 8829 3212 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 258DEG 44KT 3212 8804
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$522
WWUS54 KMOB 260021
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
721 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
ALC023-260030-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210326T0030Z/
Choctaw AL-
721 PM CDT Thu Mar 25 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730
PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805 3209 8804
3206 8807 3207 8808 3207 8810 3205 8812
3205 8811 3203 8812 3202 8829 3212 8829
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 256DEG 43KT 3213 8800
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 6:53 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 27 hr | |
| Mar 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.