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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2025, 4:24 PM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
- Feb 12, 2025, 4:24 PM CST (22:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2025, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 1:32 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
261
WFUS54 KMOB 122224
TORMOB
ALC023-025-129-122300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.250212T2224Z-250212T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
424 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Washington County in southwestern Alabama...
West central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 500 PM CST.
* At 424 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northwest of Chatom, moving northeast at 45
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...
Coffeeville around 450 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 3142 8836 3148 8844 3181 8816 3167 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 223DEG 39KT 3150 8834
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM2 follow-up statements
821
WWUS54 KMOB 122236
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
436 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
ALC023-025-129-122300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250212T2300Z/
Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Clarke AL-
436 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHOCTAW...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL CLARKE
COUNTIES...
At 436 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Millry, or 7 miles north of Chatom,
moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Choctaw, north central Washington and west central
Clarke Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3150 8823 3157 8832 3179 8813 3167 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 227DEG 38KT 3157 8822
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM851 WWUS54 KMOB 122255 SVSMOB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 455 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025 ALC023-025-129-122305- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250212T2300Z/ Choctaw AL-Washington AL-Clarke AL- 455 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHOCTAW...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND WEST CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM CST... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for southwestern Alabama. LAT...LON 3150 8823 3157 8832 3179 8813 3167 8794 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 225DEG 39KT 3170 8805 $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 3:20 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 33 hr |
| Feb 12, 4:03 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 5 hr | |
| Feb 12, 3:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 5:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 38 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.