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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL

April 16, 2022Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2022, 1:30 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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: Apr 16, 2022, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2022, 1:54 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 214 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: 694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

632 
WFUS54 KMOB 161830
TORMOB
ALC025-161915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0065.220416T1830Z-220416T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
130 PM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 215 PM CDT.
    
* At 129 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Leroy, or near Jackson, moving east at 10 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...
  Jackson around 150 PM 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3141 8773 3146 8792 3147 8792 3149 8791
      3150 8791 3150 8792 3152 8793 3153 8782
      3153 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 1829Z 280DEG 9KT 3150 8795 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

712 
WWUS54 KMOB 161854
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
154 PM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022

ALC025-161904-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-220416T1915Z/
Clarke AL-
154 PM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3141 8773 3146 8792 3147 8792 3149 8791
      3150 8791 3150 8792 3152 8793 3153 8782
      3153 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 280DEG 9KT 3149 8788 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 3:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	43 min
Apr 16, 8:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw, Wilcox	50 min
Apr 16, 9:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	48 min
Apr 16, 10:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	43 min
Apr 16, 10:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	46 min
Apr 16, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe	37 min
Apr 16, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	33 min
Apr 16, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	43 min
Apr 16, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	39 min
Apr 16, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	49 min
Apr 16, 2:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	42 min
Apr 16, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	45 min
Apr 16, 3:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Apr 16, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	46 min
Apr 16, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	40 min
Apr 16, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Washington	58 min
Apr 16, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	51 min
Apr 16, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	68 min
Apr 16, 5:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	63 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.