Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2023
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2023, 6:59 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 26, 2023, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2023, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.25 in
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 E Camden, AL | QUARTER SIZE HAIL ON HIGHWAY 10, EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 41 INTERCHANGE. POWER FLASHES ALSO REPORTED IN THE AREA. |
| Mar 26, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Estelle, AL | TREES BLOCKING HIGHWAY 10, ONE MILE EAST OF HWY 28 SPLIT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
539
WFUS54 KMOB 262359
TORMOB
ALC131-270045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0014.230326T2359Z-230327T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
659 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 658 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Yellow Bluff, or 11 miles southwest of
Camden, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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...
Camden around 720 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 3207 8719 3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8697
3188 8692 3183 8746 3183 8753 3196 8758
3209 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 250DEG 31KT 3190 8746
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
236
WWUS54 KMOB 270010
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
710 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
ALC131-270045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-230327T0045Z/
Wilcox AL-
710 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
At 709 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southwest of Camden, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Camden around 715 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3207 8719 3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8697
3188 8692 3185 8735 3187 8744 3197 8746
3209 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 250DEG 31KT 3193 8735
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
$$213
WWUS54 KMOB 270032
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
732 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
ALC131-270045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-230327T0045Z/
Wilcox AL-
732 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
At 731 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles east of Camden, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar 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
southeastern Wilcox 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 3195 8694 3192 8712 3191 8724 3199 8726
3206 8718 3205 8718 3205 8697
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 251DEG 22KT 3198 8718
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Mar 26, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 9:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 4 days |
| Mar 26, 9:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 10:37 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 10:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Mar 26, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 18 min |
| Mar 26, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 30 min |
| Mar 26, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 2:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Covington | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 48 min |
| Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 51 min |
| Mar 26, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 25 min |
| Mar 26, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 49 min |
| Mar 26, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 17 min |
| Mar 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 14 min |
| Mar 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 45 min |
| Mar 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 52 min |
| Mar 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 5:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 4 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Marengo | 40 min |
| Mar 26, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 39 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.