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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2025, 6:26 PM CST for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama; Wayne County, Mississippi. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 4, 2025, 6:26 PM CST (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2025, 7:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 6:30 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ne Whistler, MS | Significant structural damage reported near Whistler. Likely tornado based on radar TDS. |
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 4, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 676 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
973
WFUS54 KMOB 050026
TORMOB
ALC023-129-MSC153-050100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0015.250305T0026Z-250305T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
626 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
Central Wayne County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until 700 PM CST.
* At 625 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles northwest of Clara, or 6 miles west of
Waynesboro, moving east at 55 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Waynesboro around 630 PM CST.
Silas around 650 PM 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3183 8816 3181 8818 3177 8816 3175 8814
3176 8813 3169 8810 3157 8884 3173 8890
3198 8823
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 249DEG 48KT 3166 8876
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RD1 follow-up statement
466
WWUS54 KMOB 050040
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
640 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025
ALC129-050049-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250305T0100Z/
Washington AL-
640 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CST for southeastern
Mississippi. A Tornado Watch also remains in effect until 100 AM CST
for southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3169 8864 3180 8870 3198 8823 3183 8816
3181 8818 3177 8816 3176 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 249DEG 50KT 3177 8860
$$
ALC023-MSC153-050100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-250305T0100Z/
Choctaw AL-Wayne MS-
640 PM CST Tue Mar 4 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHOCTAW AND NORTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES...
At 639 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles northeast of Waynesboro, moving east at 60 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 dangerous storm will be near...
Gilbertown and Toxey around 655 PM 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3169 8864 3180 8870 3198 8823 3183 8816
3181 8818 3177 8816 3176 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 249DEG 50KT 3177 8860
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
RDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Mar 4, 6:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 63 min |
| Mar 4, 7:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 4, 7:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 53 min |
| Mar 4, 7:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| Mar 4, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 4, 8:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 4, 8:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 65 min |
| Mar 4, 8:58 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Mobile | 62 min |
| Mar 4, 9:10 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 4, 9:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 62 min |
| Mar 4, 9:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Mar 4, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Mar 4, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Monroe | 40 min |
| Mar 4, 10:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 4, 10:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 59 min |
| Mar 4, 11:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 66 min |
| Mar 4, 11:31 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 74 min | |
| Mar 4, 11:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 72 min | |
| Mar 5, 4:49 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 5, 4:54 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 22 hr |
| Mar 4, 6:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 58 min |
| Mar 4, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 59 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.