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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

March 22, 2022Choctaw County, Alabama

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 22, 12:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2022-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

CGAL
1 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

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 7:50 AM CDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin, Mobile13 hr
Mar 22, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw38 min
Mar 22, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw15 min
Mar 22, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Washington48 min
Mar 22, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington45 min
Mar 22, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington43 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.