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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL

March 22, 2022Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2022, 5:07 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. 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: Mar 22, 2022, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2022, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 22, 12:42 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 22, 10:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 478 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

070 
WFUS54 KMOB 222207
TORMOB
ALC023-MSC153-222245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.220322T2207Z-220322T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
507 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northeastern Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...

* Until 545 PM CDT.
    
* At 507 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles northwest of Clara, or 5 miles west of
  Waynesboro, 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...
  Waynesboro around 515 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 3207 8821 3158 8869 3162 8881 3185 8871
      3185 8863 3190 8847 3220 8844
TIME...MOT...LOC 2207Z 211DEG 36KT 3165 8873 

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

$$

CGAL

1 follow-up statement

449 
WWUS54 KMOB 222214
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
514 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

ALC023-MSC153-222245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-220322T2245Z/
Choctaw AL-Wayne MS-
514 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
    
At 513 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Waynesboro, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Choctaw and northeastern Wayne Counties.

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 3164 8863 3169 8878 3185 8871 3185 8863
      3190 8847 3220 8844 3207 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 210DEG 37KT 3171 8869 

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

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 7:50 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	13 hr
Mar 22, 5:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	15 min
Mar 22, 5:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	48 min
Mar 22, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	45 min
Mar 22, 6:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	50 min
Mar 22, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	43 min
Mar 22, 4:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Perry, Wayne	49 min
Mar 22, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George, Greene, Perry, Stone	43 min
Mar 22, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wayne	44 min

Nearby

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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.