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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2021, 3:46 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 24, 2021, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 24, 3:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Coy, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COY. |
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 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 855 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
845
WFUS54 KMOB 242046
TORMOB
ALC099-131-242130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0029.210424T2046Z-210424T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
346 PM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Monroe County in south central Alabama...
Southwestern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 346 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southeast of Thomasville, moving east at 40
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Vredenburgh around 415 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3195 8718 3174 8718 3177 8752 3181 8752
3182 8750 3183 8750 3183 8762 3187 8762
3188 8763 3188 8767 3195 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 265DEG 34KT 3186 8765
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...2.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 13 min |
| Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 9:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 110 min |
| Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 3 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.