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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2023, 11:28 AM CST for Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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
- Jan 12, 2023, 11:28 AM CST (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2023, 11:56 AM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Wilcox County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
690
WFUS54 KMOB 121728
TORMOB
ALC131-121815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0004.230112T1728Z-230112T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1128 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...
* Until 1215 PM CST.
* At 1128 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Miller, or 11 miles south of Linden,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern 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 3227 8744 3224 8741 3224 8739 3222 8739
3222 8737 3220 8736 3220 8733 3218 8732
3216 8729 3215 8727 3211 8762 3213 8762
3213 8752 3226 8752 3227 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 250DEG 31KT 3215 8774
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
$$
MM2 follow-up statements
391
WWUS54 KMOB 121746
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1146 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023
ALC131-121815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-230112T1815Z/
Wilcox AL-
1146 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTY...
At 1145 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Consul, or 14 miles south of Uniontown, moving east
at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Wilcox County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3219 8733 3216 8752 3226 8752 3227 8751
3227 8744 3224 8741 3224 8739 3222 8739
3222 8737 3220 8736 3220 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 249DEG 36KT 3224 8748
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
MM611
WWUS54 KMOB 121756
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1156 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023
ALC131-121806-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-230112T1815Z/
Wilcox AL-
1156 AM CST Thu Jan 12 2023
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WILCOX 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 500 PM CST for south central
Alabama.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
western Wilcox County until 100 PM CST.
LAT...LON 3219 8733 3216 8752 3226 8752 3227 8751
3227 8744 3224 8741 3224 8739 3222 8739
3222 8737 3220 8736 3220 8733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 250DEG 31KT 3227 8737
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 10:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 10:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 10:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 64 min |
| Jan 12, 11:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 27 min |
| Jan 12, 11:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington, Wilcox | 66 min |
| Jan 12, 12:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Jan 12, 12:08 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jan 12, 12:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 12:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 45 min |
| Jan 12, 12:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 1:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Jan 12, 1:13 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Jan 12, 1:21 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 1:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 49 min |
| Jan 12, 1:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Jan 12, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 2:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Jan 12, 2:15 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 30 min |
| Jan 12, 2:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 2:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Jan 12, 3:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Jan 12, 4:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 88 min | |
| Jan 12, 5:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 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.