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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 9, 2022Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2022, 6:03 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 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, 6:03 PM CST (00:03 UTC)
Expired: Jan 9, 2022, 6:30 PM CST
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 612 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

619 
WFUS54 KMOB 100003
TORMOB
ALC041-100030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0009.220110T0003Z-220110T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 630 PM CST.
    
* At 603 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 6 miles north of Dozier, or 11 miles southwest of
  Luverne, moving east at 40 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...
  Brantley around 615 PM CST.
  Glenwood around 620 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 3155 8641 3161 8644 3169 8617 3168 8615
      3166 8615 3166 8616 3165 8616 3163 8618
      3162 8618 3162 8615 3155 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 264DEG 34KT 3158 8636 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
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, 6:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Jan 9, 6:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	48 min
Jan 9, 6:36 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		39 min
Jan 9, 6:39 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Jan 9, 6:43 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	47 min
Jan 9, 7:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	39 min
Jan 9, 7:10 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Jan 9, 8:19 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		62 min
Jan 10, 3:00 AM CST	Gale Warning	MOB		24 hr
Jan 10, 3:00 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		33 hr

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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.