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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2022, 6:40 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2022, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 12:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
734
WFUS54 KMOB 222340
TORMOB
ALC023-230030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0028.220322T2340Z-220323T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
640 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 4 miles southeast of Butler, 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...
Pennington around 650 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8798
3228 8802 3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
3201 8811 3199 8810 3201 8809 3199 8807
3197 8809 3198 8832 3231 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 223DEG 60KT 3204 8818
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CGAL1 follow-up statement
111
WWUS54 KMOB 222353
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
653 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
ALC023-230030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-220323T0030Z/
Choctaw AL-
653 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southwest of Pennington, or 8 miles northeast of
Butler, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Pennington around 700 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3230 8794 3230 8798
3228 8802 3218 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804
3209 8804 3211 8822 3231 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 215DEG 41KT 3215 8810
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CGALThe 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, 5:08 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, 6:47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.