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Tornado Warning 98, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2022, 12:16 AM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 30, 2022, 12:16 AM CST (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2022, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 2.0 in
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10:52 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
176
WFUS54 KMOB 300616
TORMOB
ALC023-025-300700-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0098.221130T0616Z-221130T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1216 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 100 AM CST.
* At 1215 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 9 miles south of Crandall, or 12 miles
northeast of Waynesboro, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and hail up to two inches in diameter.
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...
Gilbertown and Toxey around 1235 AM 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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3206 8812
3201 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3199 8807
3199 8800 3190 8796 3179 8847 3193 8847
3215 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 248DEG 40KT 3184 8855
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
710
WWUS54 KMOB 300631
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1231 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
ALC023-025-300700-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-221130T0700Z/
Choctaw AL-Clarke AL-
1231 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...
At 1230 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Gilbertown, or 17 miles southwest of Butler, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Toxey and Gilbertown around 1235 AM CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3206 8812
3201 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3199 8807
3199 8800 3190 8796 3181 8844 3193 8847
3215 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 253DEG 38KT 3187 8837
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
$$600
WWUS54 KMOB 300643
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1243 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
ALC023-025-300700-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0098.000000T0000Z-221130T0700Z/
Choctaw AL-Clarke AL-
1243 AM CST Wed Nov 30 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
CHOCTAW AND NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTIES...
At 1242 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles east of Toxey, or 11 miles south of Butler,
moving northeast at 45 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
central Choctaw and northwestern Clarke Counties.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3206 8812
3201 8812 3199 8810 3201 8809 3199 8807
3199 8800 3190 8796 3185 8828 3199 8837
3215 8807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0642Z 245DEG 39KT 3192 8824
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 7:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Nov 29, 11:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 40 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 | 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.