Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2022
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 3, 2022, 4:09 PM CST for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
- Feb 3, 2022, 4:09 PM CST (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2022, 4:32 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 11:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 267 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
160
WFUS54 KMOB 032209
TORMOB
ALC099-032300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0010.220203T2209Z-220203T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
409 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Monroe County in south central Alabama...
* Until 500 PM CST.
* At 409 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northwest of Frisco City, moving northeast at
55 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...
Beatrice around 430 PM CST.
Vredenburgh around 435 PM CST.
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 3183 8699 3142 8745 3149 8758 3183 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 217DEG 49KT 3152 8748
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
JLH3 follow-up statements
058
WWUS54 KMOB 032217
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
417 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
ALC099-032300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-220203T2300Z/
Monroe AL-
417 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...
At 416 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles west of Monroeville, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Beatrice and Vredenburgh around 445 PM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 8699 3151 8742 3156 8749 3183 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 219DEG 35KT 3156 8743
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
JLH811
WWUS54 KMOB 032223
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
423 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
ALC099-032300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-220203T2300Z/
Monroe AL-
423 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTH
CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY...
At 422 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles northwest of Peterman, or 7 miles north of
Monroeville, moving northeast at 55 mph. Rotation has become intense
and a tornado is likely occurring now!
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...
Beatrice and Vredenburgh around 435 PM CST.
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 3183 8699 3157 8738 3160 8742 3183 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 217DEG 49KT 3163 8737
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
JLH216
WWUS54 KMOB 032232
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
432 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
ALC099-032240-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-220203T2300Z/
Monroe AL-
432 PM CST Thu Feb 3 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning and the strong rotation has
diminished. Therefore, the tornado warning has been cancelled. A
severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect and damaging winds in
excess of 60 mph is still expected.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for south central
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3183 8699 3157 8738 3160 8742 3183 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 217DEG 49KT 3173 8728
$$
JLHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:26 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 7 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 1:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 49 min |
| Feb 3, 1:34 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Feb 3, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Feb 3, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 52 min |
| Feb 3, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 3, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Feb 3, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 3, 3:06 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 43 min |
| Feb 3, 3:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 40 min |
| Feb 3, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 62 min |
| Feb 3, 3:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 54 min |
| Feb 3, 4:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 46 min |
| Feb 3, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 26 min |
| Feb 3, 5:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 42 min |
| Feb 3, 5:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Feb 3, 5:50 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 6 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.