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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

February 12, 2025Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2025, 6:42 PM CST for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 10 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, 6:42 PM CST (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2025, 6:52 PM CST
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 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 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 552 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 619 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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The text

As transmitted.

754 
WFUS54 KMOB 130042
TORMOB
ALC025-130115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0006.250213T0042Z-250213T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
642 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  North central Clarke County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 715 PM CST.

* At 642 PM CST, a tornado producing storm was located 8 miles
  southwest of Thomasville, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

  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 storm will be near...
  Thomasville around 650 PM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3188 8767 3188 8766 3187 8766
      3180 8787 3188 8794 3199 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 234DEG 30KT 3186 8786 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

387 
WWUS54 KMOB 130052
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
652 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

ALC025-130101-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-250213T0115Z/
Clarke AL-
652 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for south central
and southwestern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3199 8767 3188 8767 3188 8766 3187 8766
      3180 8787 3188 8794 3199 8781
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 234DEG 30KT 3191 8778 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 6:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	44 min
Feb 12, 6:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	51 min
Feb 12, 6:49 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	23 min
Feb 12, 7:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	11 min
Feb 12, 7:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	52 min
Feb 12, 8:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Choctaw	21 min
Feb 12, 9:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	33 min
Feb 12, 9:27 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	33 min
Feb 12, 9:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	27 min
Feb 12, 10:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	42 min
Feb 12, 10:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	23 min
Feb 12, 10:45 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	30 min
Feb 12, 11:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	37 min
Feb 12, 11:54 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	51 min
Feb 13, 12:21 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Feb 13, 2:08 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Feb 13, 3:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Feb 13, 10:38 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	21 days
Feb 13, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	3 days

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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.