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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

March 22, 2022Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2022, 7:09 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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, 7:09 PM CDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 22, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.

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, 7:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 573 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 571 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.4
Supercell composite: 9.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

634 
WFUS54 KMOB 230009
TORMOB
ALC025-230045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.220323T0009Z-220323T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 709 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Coffeeville, or 16 miles west of Grove Hill,
  moving northeast at 55 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 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 3199 8770 3170 8801 3174 8809 3176 8811
      3176 8813 3192 8806 3193 8805 3193 8806
      3199 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 215DEG 46KT 3179 8804 

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

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

443 
WWUS54 KMOB 230019
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-230045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-220323T0045Z/
Clarke AL-
719 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...
    
At 719 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles southeast of Putnam, or 12 miles west of
Thomasville, moving northeast at 55 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
north 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 3184 8803 3190 8802 3199 8801 3199 8771
      3181 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 215DEG 46KT 3190 8795 

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

$$

MM

965 
WWUS54 KMOB 230036
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-230045-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-220323T0045Z/
Clarke AL-
736 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3184 8803 3190 8802 3199 8801 3199 8771
      3181 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 215DEG 46KT 3207 8781 

$$

MM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 22, 7:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	19 min
Mar 22, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile, Washington	49 min
Mar 22, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe	10 min
Mar 22, 8:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	29 min
Mar 22, 9:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Mar 22, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	26 min
Mar 22, 10:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	39 min
Mar 22, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	49 min
Mar 22, 10:30 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Mar 22, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	44 min
Mar 22, 11:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Baldwin	19 min
Mar 22, 11:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
Mar 22, 11:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	50 min
Mar 22, 11:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and 1 more	65 min
Mar 22, 11:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	28 min
Mar 22, 11:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Mar 23, 12:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	38 min
Mar 23, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	28 min
Mar 23, 12:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
Mar 23, 12:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox	45 min
Mar 23, 1:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	44 min
Mar 23, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Mar 23, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	51 min
Mar 23, 2:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	51 min
Mar 23, 2:46 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		59 min
Mar 23, 2:55 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	25 min
Mar 23, 3:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Mar 23, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Mar 23, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		91 min
Mar 23, 9:51 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		6 hr

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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.