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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 23, 2022, 2:55 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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 23, 2022, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2022, 3:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 203 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.
981
WFUS54 KMOB 230755
TORMOB
ALC039-230845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0037.220323T0755Z-220323T0845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
255 AM CDT Wed Mar 23 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Covington County in south central Alabama...
* Until 345 AM CDT.
* At 255 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 13 miles northwest of Laurel Hill, or 16 miles
southwest of Andalusia, moving north 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...
Andalusia around 320 AM CDT.
River Falls, Red Level and Heath around 325 AM CDT.
Gantt around 330 AM 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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3104 8658 3108 8670 3152 8659 3153 8655
3151 8640 3145 8640 3149 8636 3149 8634
3150 8633 3149 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 200DEG 33KT 3111 8663
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
387
WWUS54 KMOB 230810
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
310 AM CDT Wed Mar 23 2022
ALC039-230845-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-220323T0845Z/
Covington AL-
310 AM CDT Wed Mar 23 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM CDT FOR WESTERN
COVINGTON COUNTY...
At 308 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Carolina and Andalusia, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Heath around 315 AM CDT.
Gantt around 320 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3111 8655 3116 8664 3152 8659 3153 8655
3151 8640 3145 8640 3149 8636 3149 8634
3150 8633 3149 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0808Z 206DEG 42KT 3127 8652
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$112
WWUS54 KMOB 230820
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
320 AM CDT Wed Mar 23 2022
ALC039-230829-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-220323T0845Z/
Covington AL-
320 AM CDT Wed Mar 23 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN COVINGTON COUNTY 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 600 AM CDT for south central
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3111 8655 3116 8664 3152 8659 3153 8655
3151 8640 3145 8640 3149 8636 3149 8634
3150 8633 3149 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 200DEG 33KT 3137 8648
$$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, 7:09 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, 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 | 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, 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.