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Tornado Warning 112, NWS Mobile, AL

December 14, 2022Butler County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 14, 2022, 6:54 PM CST for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC)
Expired: Dec 14, 2022, 7:32 PM CST
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Butler County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 5:57 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 637 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 833 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

038 
WFUS54 KMOB 150054
TORMOB
ALC013-150145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0112.221215T0054Z-221215T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Butler County in south central Alabama...

* Until 745 PM CST.
    
* At 654 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 8 miles west of Georgiana, or 15 miles north of
  Evergreen, moving northeast at 25 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...
  Greenville around 740 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3159 8686 3160 8689 3164 8691 3175 8691
      3196 8678 3196 8676 3186 8649
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 217DEG 22KT 3166 8689 

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

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

476 
WWUS54 KMOB 150112
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-150145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-221215T0145Z/
Butler AL-
712 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY...
    
At 712 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Greenville, moving northeast at 35 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...
  Greenville around 725 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3171 8675 3176 8684 3196 8676 3188 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 216DEG 32KT 3180 8676 

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

$$

MM

525 
WWUS54 KMOB 150132
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-150141-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0112.000000T0000Z-221215T0145Z/
Butler AL-
732 PM CST Wed Dec 14 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CST for south central
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3171 8675 3176 8684 3196 8676 3188 8654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 217DEG 22KT 3189 8668 

$$

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 14, 6:07 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		98 min
Dec 14, 6:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	36 min
Dec 14, 6:49 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		116 min
Dec 14, 6:55 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	32 min
Dec 14, 6:59 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Dec 14, 7:01 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Dec 14, 7:28 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	62 min
Dec 14, 7:46 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Dec 14, 8:30 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Dec 14, 8:43 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Dec 14, 10:07 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		113 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.