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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2022, 2:45 PM CST for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 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: Jan 9, 2022, 2:45 PM CST (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2022, 2:59 PM CST
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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
Jan 9, 10:42 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 196 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 476 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 553 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

376 
WFUS54 KMOB 092045
TORMOB
ALC025-092115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.220109T2045Z-220109T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
245 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 315 PM CST.
    
* At 244 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles northeast of Jackson, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

  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
  east central Clarke 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 3165 8756 3155 8757 3153 8760 3152 8762
      3150 8786 3156 8791 3167 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 259DEG 28KT 3155 8781 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

982 
WWUS54 KMOB 092059
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
259 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

ALC025-092108-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220109T2115Z/
Clarke AL-
259 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3165 8756 3155 8757 3153 8760 3152 8762
      3150 8786 3156 8791 3167 8758
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 259DEG 28KT 3157 8768 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 9, 3:04 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		57 hr
Jan 9, 12:51 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	54 min
Jan 9, 1:02 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Jan 9, 1:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	14 min
Jan 9, 1:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	46 min
Jan 9, 1:49 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	41 min
Jan 9, 1:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	48 min
Jan 9, 2:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	29 min
Jan 9, 2:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	41 min
Jan 9, 2:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	46 min
Jan 9, 2:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	39 min
Jan 9, 2:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	48 min
Jan 9, 3:19 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Monroe	41 min
Jan 9, 3:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	36 min
Jan 9, 3:36 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	39 min
Jan 9, 3:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	25 min
Jan 9, 4:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	47 min
Jan 9, 4:16 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	11 min
Jan 9, 4:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	50 min
Jan 9, 4:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	65 min
Jan 9, 4:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	18 min
Jan 9, 4:47 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	43 min
Jan 9, 4:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	49 min
Jan 9, 5:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	47 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.