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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL

May 11, 2025Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2025, 7:20 PM CDT for Clarke County, Monroe County, Wilcox 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: May 11, 2025, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2025, 7:43 PM CDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 32 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

557 
WFUS54 KMOB 120020
TORMOB
ALC025-099-131-120100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0025.250512T0020Z-250512T0100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
720 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Monroe County in south central Alabama...
  Northeastern Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...
  Southwestern Wilcox County in south central Alabama...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 719 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles northeast of Whatley, or 11 miles east of Grove
  Hill, moving north at 20 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
  north central Monroe, northeastern Clarke and southwestern Wilcox
  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 3164 8754 3169 8767 3194 8760 3196 8749
      3194 8742 3187 8732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0019Z 201DEG 18KT 3170 8759 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

126 
WWUS54 KMOB 120034
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
734 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

ALC099-120043-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250512T0100Z/
Monroe AL-
734 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MONROE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3194 8742 3190 8740 3183 8745 3183 8750
      3181 8750 3181 8752 3171 8752 3170 8767
      3194 8760 3196 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 194DEG 20KT 3178 8758 

$$

ALC025-131-120100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250512T0100Z/
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
734 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN WILCOX COUNTIES...

At 733 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles east of Fulton, or 12 miles northeast of Grove
Hill, moving north at 25 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
northeastern Clarke and southwestern Wilcox 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 3194 8742 3190 8740 3183 8745 3183 8750
      3181 8750 3181 8752 3171 8752 3170 8767
      3194 8760 3196 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 194DEG 20KT 3178 8758 

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

$$

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751 
WWUS54 KMOB 120043
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
743 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

ALC025-131-120053-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250512T0100Z/
Clarke AL-Wilcox AL-
743 PM CDT Sun May 11 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN
WILCOX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However, gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3194 8742 3190 8740 3183 8745 3183 8750
      3181 8750 3181 8752 3171 8752 3170 8767
      3194 8760 3196 8749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 201DEG 18KT 3183 8756 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	33 min
May 11, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	46 min
May 11, 8:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	3 hr
May 11, 8:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	43 min
May 11, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	51 min
May 11, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Wilcox	3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.