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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2023Choctaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2023, 7:38 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2023, 8:09 PM CDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.0 in

County Choctaw County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 26, 7:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 E Riderwood, AL	POWER LINES DOWN ON RIDERWOOD DR AT SCOTT MOUNTAIN RD.
Mar 26, 7:45 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Butler, AL	COUNTY EMA REPORTS MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS CHOCTAW COUNTY WITH ROADS BLOCKED. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE REPORTED IN BUTLER.

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 512 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

529 
WFUS54 KMOB 270038
TORMOB
ALC023-270130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0015.230327T0038Z-230327T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
738 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 830 PM CDT.
    
* At 737 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles east of Crandall, or 16 miles east of Quitman,
  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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Toxey around 745 PM CDT.
  Butler around 800 PM CDT.
  Pennington around 815 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 3222 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805
      3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
      3201 8811 3198 8807 3195 8808 3197 8809
      3195 8812 3194 8812 3193 8810 3183 8847
      3201 8846 3228 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 239DEG 39KT 3195 8847 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

020 
WWUS54 KMOB 270109
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
809 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

ALC023-270119-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-230327T0130Z/
Choctaw AL-
809 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3222 8801 3215 8802 3214 8804 3211 8805
      3209 8804 3206 8807 3207 8810 3205 8812
      3201 8811 3198 8807 3195 8808 3197 8809
      3195 8812 3194 8812 3193 8810 3183 8847
      3201 8846 3228 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 239DEG 39KT 3213 8812 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	43 min
Mar 26, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	48 min
Mar 26, 7:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	15 min
Mar 26, 7:57 PM CDT	Flood Watch	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Crenshaw, Wilcox	8 hr
Mar 26, 8:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Mar 26, 8:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	3 hr
Mar 26, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	50 min
Mar 26, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	45 min
Mar 26, 8:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	17 min
Mar 26, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Wilcox	51 min
Mar 26, 9:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	79 min
Mar 26, 9:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	21 days
Mar 26, 9:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	43 min
Mar 26, 9:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	7 days
Mar 26, 9:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke	3 hr
Mar 26, 10:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	30 min
Mar 26, 10:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw	2 hr
Mar 26, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	34 min
Mar 26, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	36 min
Mar 26, 11:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	3 hr
Mar 27, 1:48 AM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		13 hr
Mar 27, 3:02 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	6 hr
Mar 27, 7:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	25 min
Mar 27, 8:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	41 min
Mar 27, 8:53 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wilcox	3 hr
Mar 27, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	46 min
Mar 27, 9:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	50 min
Mar 27, 9:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	40 min
Mar 27, 10:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe	3 hr
Mar 27, 10:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	5 days
Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Mar 27, 1:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	25 min
Mar 27, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	23 min
Mar 27, 4:02 PM CDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MOB		21 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.