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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Mobile, AL

June 19, 2021Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 19, 2021, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 1:12 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ene Watkins Bridge, ALNWS STORM SURVEY DETERMINED THAT A BRIEF EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF NORTH CREEK RD, CROSSED THE ROAD, THEN LIFTED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. NUMEROUS LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE DOWNED ALONG WITH A FEW SMALL TREES SNAPPED. BASED ON RADAR ANALYSIS OF THE TORNADO DEB

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 19, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1367 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

As transmitted.

161 
WFUS54 KMOB 191800
TORMOB
ALC039-191830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0044.210619T1800Z-210619T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
100 PM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 130 PM CDT.
    
* At 100 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Laurel Hill, or 7 miles west of Florala, moving
  northeast at 30 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...
  Lockhart around 110 PM CDT.
  Florala around 115 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 3099 8635 3099 8652 3116 8636 3115 8628
      3111 8623 3107 8622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 225DEG 26KT 3098 8646 

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

$$

Black

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Jun 19, 12:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB18 min
Jun 19, 1:04 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB73 min
Jun 19, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Jun 19, 3:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB30 min
Jun 19, 3:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile25 min
Jun 19, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile6 hr
Jun 19, 4:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB117 min
Jun 19, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile95 min
Jun 19, 5:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Jun 19, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB26 min
Jun 19, 5:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin34 min
Jun 19, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB42 min
Jun 19, 6:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB38 min
Jun 19, 6:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin22 min
Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB28 min
Jun 19, 6:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile6 hr
Jun 19, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB81 min
Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB56 min
Jun 19, 7:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia52 min
Jun 19, 7:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe4 hr
Jun 19, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia28 min
Jun 19, 7:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia53 min
Jun 19, 7:51 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh24 min
Jun 19, 8:09 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB96 min
Jun 19, 8:14 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe, Wilcox46 min
Jun 19, 8:15 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington30 min
Jun 19, 9:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington13 min
Jun 19, 9:11 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Crenshaw18 min
Jun 19, 9:27 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Jun 19, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Jun 19, 10:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia5 hr
Jun 19, 10:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia63 min
Jun 19, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington45 min
Jun 19, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB113 min
Jun 19, 12:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBCovington, Escambia3 hr
Jun 19, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington12 min
Jun 19, 3:54 PM CDTWind AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile9 hr
Jun 19, 3:56 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB21 hr
Jun 19, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 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.