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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Butler County, Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2022, 4:47 PM CST for Butler County, Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 min. 4 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, 4:47 PM CST (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2022, 5:30 PM CST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

Counties Butler County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 9, 4:47 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Ne Owassa, AL	VIDEO OF TORNADO CROSSING INTERSTATE-65.
Jan 9, 4:47 PM CST	TORNADO	I65 And Cr 29, AL	AN EF-0 TORNADO FIRST TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF I-65 AT THE OWASSA EXIT AND CROSSED THE INTERSTATE. THE ONLY DAMAGE NOTED IN THE AREA WAS TO SOME FENCING ON THE WEST SIDE OF I-65, HOWEVER, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM A NEARBY GAS STATION SHOWED A VERY NARRO
Jan 9, 5:16 PM CST	TORNADO	2 Ese Mckenzie, AL	CORRECTS PREVIOUS REPORT FOR THE ESTIMATED TIME OF OCCURRENCE. PICTURES OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD 35 NEAR MCKENZIE. ALSO, VIDEO OF A LIKELY TORNADO WITH POWER FLASHES NEAR MCKENZIE.
Jan 9, 5:20 PM CST	TORNADO	1 Se Mckenzie, AL	AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT HAYES ROAD AND ARMSTRONG ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 36), PRODUCING SPORADIC TREE DAMAGE. A SHED AT A RESIDENCE WAS DESTROYED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ON ITS INTERMITTENT TRACK, PRODUCING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE ON GARDEN ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 35). D

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, 10.8 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

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The text

As transmitted.

166 
WFUS54 KMOB 092247
TORMOB
ALC013-035-039-092330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0006.220109T2247Z-220109T2330Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Butler County in south central Alabama...
  East central Conecuh County in south central Alabama...
  Northwestern Covington County in south central Alabama...

* Until 530 PM CST.
    
* At 446 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 6 miles north of Evergreen, moving east at 20 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  McKenzie around 520 PM CST.

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 3147 8697 3155 8696 3162 8664 3158 8660
      3147 8660 3142 8663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 273DEG 19KT 3152 8692 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

621 
WWUS54 KMOB 092258
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-035-039-092330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-220109T2330Z/
Butler AL-Conecuh AL-Covington AL-
458 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BUTLER...EAST CENTRAL CONECUH AND NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON
COUNTIES...
    
At 458 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located 7 miles west of
McKenzie, or 8 miles northeast of Evergreen, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

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 tornado will be near...
  McKenzie around 520 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3148 8690 3156 8690 3162 8664 3158 8660
      3147 8660 3144 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 273DEG 19KT 3152 8685 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

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471 
WWUS54 KMOB 092309
SVSMOB

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

ALC013-035-039-092330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-220109T2330Z/
Butler AL-Conecuh AL-Covington AL-
509 PM CST Sun Jan 9 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL BUTLER...EAST CENTRAL CONECUH AND NORTHWESTERN COVINGTON
COUNTIES...
    
At 508 PM CST, a confirmed tornado was located 4 miles southwest of
McKenzie, or 11 miles northeast of Evergreen, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

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 tornado will be near...
  McKenzie around 520 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3147 8683 3156 8684 3162 8664 3158 8660
      3147 8660 3144 8662
TIME...MOT...LOC 2308Z 273DEG 19KT 3152 8678 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

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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, 4:16 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, 4:56 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.