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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2023, 7:45 PM CDT for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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
- Mar 26, 2023, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2023, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Wilcox County, AL
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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
170
WFUS54 KMOB 270045
TORMOB
ALC131-270100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0016.230327T0045Z-230327T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
745 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 745 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 10 miles northwest of Pine Apple, or 12 miles east of
Camden, 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
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 3200 8686 3189 8707 3202 8719 3205 8716
3205 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 229DEG 25KT 3201 8708
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
850
WWUS54 KMOB 270058
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
758 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
ALC131-270108-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-230327T0100Z/
Wilcox AL-
758 PM CDT Sun Mar 26 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WILCOX COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for south central
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3200 8686 3189 8707 3202 8719 3205 8716
3205 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 229DEG 25KT 3207 8700
$$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, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.