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Tornado Warning 95, NWS Mobile, AL

November 29, 2022Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 29, 2022, 7:54 PM CST for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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: Nov 29, 2022, 7:54 PM CST (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 29, 2022, 8:30 PM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 29, 5:07 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 402 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 531 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

643 
WFUS54 KMOB 300154
TORMOB
ALC023-300230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0095.221130T0154Z-221130T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
754 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 830 PM CST.
    
* At 754 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Increase, or 14 miles southeast of Meridian,
  moving northeast at 30 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
  northwestern Choctaw 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 3231 8810 3228 8809 3220 8843 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 239DEG 27KT 3223 8854 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

998 
WWUS54 KMOB 300158
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
758 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

ALC023-300230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-221130T0230Z/
Choctaw AL-
758 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
    
At 757 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Increase, or 15 miles southwest of Cuba, moving
northeast at 35 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Choctaw 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 3231 8810 3228 8809 3220 8843 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 234DEG 32KT 3225 8850 

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

$$

916 
WWUS54 KMOB 300221
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
821 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

ALC023-300231-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0095.000000T0000Z-221130T0230Z/
Choctaw AL-
821 PM CST Tue Nov 29 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
830 PM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3231 8810 3228 8809 3220 8843 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 239DEG 27KT 3234 8832 

$$

CGAL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 29, 11:50 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	40 min
Nov 30, 12:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	44 min
Nov 30, 1:25 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	32 min
Nov 30, 1:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	42 min
Nov 30, 2:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	52 min
Nov 30, 2:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	44 min
Nov 30, 3:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	56 min
Nov 30, 3:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Washington	3 hr
Nov 30, 3:18 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington	42 min
Nov 30, 3:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Monroe	65 min
Nov 30, 3:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	62 min
Nov 30, 4:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	45 min
Nov 30, 4:37 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia and 1 more	53 min
Nov 30, 4:47 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	43 min
Nov 30, 5:00 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Nov 30, 5:04 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	26 min
Nov 30, 5:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	32 min
Nov 30, 5:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	49 min
Nov 30, 5:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	52 min
Nov 30, 5:46 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	59 min
Nov 30, 5:52 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Nov 30, 6:00 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Nov 30, 6:01 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		119 min
Nov 30, 6:43 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Nov 30, 7:08 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Nov 30, 8:02 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		118 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.