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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 12, 2025, 6:49 PM CST for Choctaw 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
- Feb 12, 2025, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2025, 7:12 PM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
280
WFUS54 KMOB 130049
TORMOB
ALC023-130130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.250213T0049Z-250213T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
649 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Choctaw County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 730 PM CST.
* At 649 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Snell, or 14 miles northwest of Butler, 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
northern Choctaw County.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3228 8794 3230 8794
3230 8800 3228 8801 3228 8802 3227 8802
3226 8801 3221 8801 3214 8844 3231 8842
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 241DEG 38KT 3219 8844
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM2 follow-up statements
555
WWUS54 KMOB 130104 RRA
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
704 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
ALC023-130130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250213T0130Z/
Choctaw AL-
704 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
At 704 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of Kinterbish, or 12 miles north of Butler,
moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Choctaw County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3228 8794 3230 8794
3230 8800 3228 8801 3228 8802 3227 8802
3226 8801 3225 8801 3222 8834 3231 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 241DEG 38KT 3227 8827
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM753
WWUS54 KMOB 130112
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
712 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
ALC023-130122-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250213T0130Z/
Choctaw AL-
712 PM CST Wed Feb 12 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW 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 southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3231 8793 3228 8793 3228 8794 3230 8794
3230 8800 3228 8801 3228 8802 3227 8802
3226 8801 3225 8801 3222 8834 3231 8834
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 241DEG 38KT 3231 8819
$$
MMThe 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, 6:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 10 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 | 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.