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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

March 22, 2022Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2022, 5:08 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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: Mar 22, 2022, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2022, 5:23 PM CDT
In force: 15 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), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 22, 5:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Lisman, AL	REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES IN THE LISMAN AREA. PHOTOS WERE ALSO RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF DAMAGE TO A MANUFACTURED HOME. TIME ESTIMATED.

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.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.

010 
WFUS54 KMOB 222208
TORMOB
ALC023-222245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.220322T2208Z-220322T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 545 PM CDT.
    
* At 508 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles northeast of Snell, or 13 miles south of Cuba,
  moving north 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
  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 8818 3214 8830 3214 8844 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 201DEG 35KT 3225 8838 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

601 
WWUS54 KMOB 222223
SVSMOB

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

ALC023-222233-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-220322T2245Z/
Choctaw AL-
523 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3231 8818 3214 8830 3214 8844 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 201DEG 35KT 3239 8832 

$$

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, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	38 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

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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.