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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2022, 3:50 PM CST for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2022, 3:50 PM CST (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2022, 4:15 PM CST
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 9, 4:05 PM CST	HAIL 1.75	Burnt Corn, AL	SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN BURNT CORN.
Jan 9, 4:05 PM CST	HAIL 2.5	Burnt Corn, AL	SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURES AND VIDEO OF HAIL LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE AND APPROACHING TENNIS BALL SIZE IN BURNT CORN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

209 
WFUS54 KMOB 092150
TORMOB
ALC035-099-092215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0004.220109T2150Z-220109T2215Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Monroe County in south central Alabama...
  Central Conecuh County in south central Alabama...

* Until 415 PM CST.
    
* At 349 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Monroeville, moving east at 35 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
  central Monroe and central Conecuh 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3149 8733 3155 8735 3161 8706 3158 8699
      3154 8697 3149 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 266DEG 30KT 3154 8729 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

480 
WWUS54 KMOB 092202
SVSMOB

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

ALC035-099-092215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220109T2215Z/
Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-
402 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
MONROE AND CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTIES...
    
At 401 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southeast of Peterman, or 7 miles east of
Monroeville, 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
central Monroe and central Conecuh 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3149 8724 3156 8729 3161 8706 3158 8699
      3154 8697 3149 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 267DEG 26KT 3153 8720 

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

$$

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512 
WWUS54 KMOB 092215
SVSMOB

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

ALC035-099-092224-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220109T2215Z/
Monroe AL-Conecuh AL-
415 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MONROE AND CENTRAL CONECUH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CST...
    
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.  However
small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this
thunderstorm.

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

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for 
Conecuh County.

LAT...LON 3149 8724 3156 8729 3161 8706 3158 8699
      3154 8697 3149 8701
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 266DEG 30KT 3154 8709 

$$

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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, 2:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	14 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.