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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2022, 4:16 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 11 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, 4:16 PM CST (22:16 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2022, 4:27 PM CST
In force: 11 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

886 
WFUS54 KMOB 092216
TORMOB
ALC041-092245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.220109T2216Z-220109T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...

* Until 445 PM CST.
    
* At 416 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Petrey, or 11 miles north of Luverne, moving
  northeast at 20 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
  northeastern Crenshaw 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 3186 8618 3183 8618 3181 8624 3187 8631
      3197 8620 3196 8619 3194 8618 3192 8618
      3190 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 235DEG 19KT 3188 8624 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

010 
WWUS54 KMOB 092227
SVSMOB

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

ALC041-092236-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-220109T2245Z/
Crenshaw AL-
427 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

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

LAT...LON 3186 8618 3183 8618 3181 8624 3187 8631
      3197 8620 3196 8619 3194 8618 3192 8618
      3190 8617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 235DEG 19KT 3191 8618 

$$

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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, 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, 4:25 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.