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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

March 15, 2025Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2025, 10:37 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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 15, 2025, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2025, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Crenshaw County, AL

The radar

The Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 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.

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 15, 7:47 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 257 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: 190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 242 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

As transmitted.

194 
WFUS54 KMOB 160337
TORMOB
ALC041-160400-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0020.250316T0337Z-250316T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1037 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Crenshaw County in south central Alabama...

* Until 1100 PM CDT.

* At 1036 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Brantley, or 10 miles south of Luverne,
  moving northeast at 50 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...
  Brantley around 1040 PM CDT.
  Glenwood around 1045 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 3153 8616 3153 8619 3151 8620 3147 8628
      3153 8628 3153 8630 3149 8634 3149 8636
      3154 8640 3175 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
      3165 8616 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 232DEG 45KT 3156 8627 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

909 
WWUS54 KMOB 160352
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1052 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

ALC041-160402-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-250316T0400Z/
Crenshaw AL-
1052 PM CDT Sat Mar 15 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1100 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 300 AM CDT for south central
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3153 8616 3153 8619 3151 8620 3147 8628
      3153 8628 3153 8630 3149 8634 3149 8636
      3154 8640 3175 8615 3166 8615 3166 8616
      3165 8616 3162 8618 3162 8615 3154 8614
TIME...MOT...LOC 0352Z 232DEG 45KT 3167 8611 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 15, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	41 min
Mar 15, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	34 min
Mar 15, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	32 min
Mar 15, 9:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	21 days
Mar 15, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	30 min
Mar 15, 9:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	7 days
Mar 15, 9:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	32 min
Mar 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		24 min
Mar 15, 9:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	48 min
Mar 15, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	49 min
Mar 15, 11:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	22 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.