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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2022, 7:31 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 10 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, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2022, 7:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 22, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
974
WFUS54 KMOB 230031
TORMOB
ALC003-025-099-230115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0031.220323T0031Z-220323T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
731 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Monroe County in south central Alabama...
North central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Southeastern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles northeast of Calvert, or 19 miles south of
Jackson, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Monroe, north central Baldwin and southeastern Clarke
Counties.
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 3118 8777 3123 8787 3165 8761 3152 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 212DEG 35KT 3123 8780
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
CGAL1 follow-up statement
768
WWUS54 KMOB 230041
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
741 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
ALC003-025-099-230051-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-220323T0115Z/
Monroe AL-Baldwin AL-Clarke AL-
741 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONROE...NORTH CENTRAL
BALDWIN AND SOUTHEASTERN CLARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for south central
and southwestern Alabama. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect
until 1100 PM CDT for southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3118 8777 3123 8787 3165 8761 3152 8739
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 212DEG 35KT 3132 8773
$$
CGALThe 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, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 49 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 | 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.