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Tornado Warning 103, NWS Mobile, AL

December 14, 2022Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 14, 2022, 2:41 PM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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: Dec 14, 2022, 2:41 PM CST (20:41 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2022, 3:30 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Dec 14, 12:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 450 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 516 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

759 
WFUS54 KMOB 142041
TORMOB
ALC023-142130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0103.221214T2041Z-221214T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
241 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 330 PM CST.
    
* At 240 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles east of Sykes, or 13 miles east of Quitman, 
  moving northeast at 45 mph. This storm has had a history of 
  producing a tornado in Clarke County in Mississippi.

  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...
  Lisman around 300 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 3231 8808 3199 8846 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 220DEG 37KT 3210 8850 

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

$$
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2 follow-up statements

916 
WWUS54 KMOB 142100
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
300 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

ALC023-142130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-221214T2130Z/
Choctaw AL-
300 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
    
At 259 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southwest of Kinterbish, or 12 miles south of
Cuba, moving northeast at 45 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 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3231 8815 3209 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 220DEG 37KT 3226 8834 

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

$$

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839 
WWUS54 KMOB 142127 RRA
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
327 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

ALC023-142137-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0103.000000T0000Z-221214T2130Z/
Choctaw AL-
327 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
330 PM CST...
        
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 CST for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3231 8815 3209 8845 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 220DEG 37KT 3247 8813 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 13, 7:30 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	8 days
Dec 13, 7:31 PM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	8 days
Dec 14, 3:13 AM CST	Flood Watch	MOB	Choctaw	16 hr
Dec 14, 7:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	43 min
Dec 14, 10:01 AM CST	Coastal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	16 hr
Dec 14, 10:01 AM CST	High Surf Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	29 hr
Dec 14, 12:51 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		39 min
Dec 14, 4:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	49 min
Dec 14, 4:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	47 min
Dec 14, 4:58 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	47 min
Dec 14, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	40 min
Dec 14, 5:08 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	52 min
Dec 14, 5:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	41 min
Dec 14, 5:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	49 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.