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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Mobile, AL

April 16, 2022Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2022, 2:33 PM CDT for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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: Apr 16, 2022, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2022, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 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), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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
Apr 16, 2:40 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Thomasville, AL	EMERGENCY MANAGER RECEIVED REPORTS OF DIME SIZE HAIL ON TALLAHATTA SPRINGS RD ABOUT 10 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF THOMASVILLE.
Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Thomasville, AL	EMA REPORTED, AND SEVERAL VIDEOS INDICATED, A FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDESRTORM ABOUT 10 MILES W-NW OF THOMASVILLE. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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.

832 
WFUS54 KMOB 161933
TORMOB
ALC025-162015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0066.220416T1933Z-220416T2015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 315 PM CDT.
    
* At 232 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles west of Thomasville, moving east 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Thomasville around 255 PM CDT.
  Fulton around 300 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 3179 8796 3197 8792 3198 8767 3171 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 281DEG 19KT 3188 8789 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

544 
WWUS54 KMOB 161953
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-162015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-220416T2015Z/
Clarke AL-
253 PM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY...
    
At 252 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Thomasville, moving east 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
north central Clarke 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 3185 8781 3190 8780 3191 8768 3181 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 273DEG 17KT 3188 8777 

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

$$

444 
WWUS54 KMOB 162010
SVSMOB

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

ALC025-162020-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-220416T2015Z/
Clarke AL-
310 PM CDT Sat Apr 16 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
315 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3185 8781 3190 8780 3191 8768 3181 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 281DEG 19KT 3186 8767 

$$

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, 1:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	24 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.