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2016 [KMOB] MOBILE Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 17

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Storm Based Warning History

325 
WFUS54 KMOB 232326
TORMOB
ALC129-MSC041-153-240015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0017.160223T2326Z-160224T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
526 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST
    
* AT 526 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...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...
  STATE LINE AND BUCKATUNNA AROUND 550 PM CST. 
  MILLRY AROUND 605 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 3170 8846 3170 8819 3152 8803 3114 8870
      3127 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 226DEG 43KT 3127 8870 

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

$$

BUTTS
921 
WWUS54 KMOB 232335
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC129-MSC041-153-240015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
535 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 534 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE LINE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FRUITDALE AROUND 545 PM CST. 
  STATE LINE AROUND 550 PM CST. 
  CHATOM AROUND 600 PM CST. 
  MILLRY AROUND 605 PM CST. 
  SAINT STEPHENS AROUND 615 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 8846 3170 8819 3152 8803 3119 8861
      3137 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 236DEG 44KT 3133 8862 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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901 
WWUS54 KMOB 232348
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
548 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC129-MSC041-153-240015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
548 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 547 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER STATE LINE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHATOM AROUND 605 PM CST. 
  SAINT STEPHENS AROUND 615 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 8846 3170 8819 3152 8803 3125 8850
      3145 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 249DEG 40KT 3142 8848 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS
548 
WWUS54 KMOB 232358
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
558 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC041-153-240007-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
558 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3152 8803 3129 8844 3170 8846 3170 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 228DEG 42KT 3149 8837 

$$

ALC129-240015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
558 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
    
AT 557 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE LINE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CHATOM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  CHATOM AROUND 600 PM CST. 
  MILLRY AROUND 610 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8803 3129 8844 3170 8846 3170 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 228DEG 42KT 3149 8837 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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325 
WFUS54 KMOB 232326
TORMOB
ALC129-MSC041-153-240015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0017.160223T2326Z-160224T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
526 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...

* UNTIL 615 PM CST
    
* AT 526 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...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...
  STATE LINE AND BUCKATUNNA AROUND 550 PM CST. 
  MILLRY AROUND 605 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 3170 8846 3170 8819 3152 8803 3114 8870
      3127 8884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 226DEG 43KT 3127 8870 

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

$$

BUTTS
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921 
WWUS54 KMOB 232335
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
535 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC129-MSC041-153-240015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
535 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 534 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STATE LINE...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FRUITDALE AROUND 545 PM CST. 
  STATE LINE AROUND 550 PM CST. 
  CHATOM AROUND 600 PM CST. 
  MILLRY AROUND 605 PM CST. 
  SAINT STEPHENS AROUND 615 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 8846 3170 8819 3152 8803 3119 8861
      3137 8875
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 236DEG 44KT 3133 8862 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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901 
WWUS54 KMOB 232348
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
548 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

ALC129-MSC041-153-240015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
548 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES...
        
AT 547 PM CST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED OVER STATE LINE...OR 13 MILES WEST OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.

THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES...
         BUSINESSES...AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE DESTRUCTION 
         IS POSSIBLE. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHATOM AROUND 605 PM CST. 
  SAINT STEPHENS AROUND 615 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 8846 3170 8819 3152 8803 3125 8850
      3145 8866
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 249DEG 40KT 3142 8848 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

BUTTS
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548 
WWUS54 KMOB 232358
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
558 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

MSC041-153-240007-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WAYNE MS-GREENE MS-
558 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN GREENE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3152 8803 3129 8844 3170 8846 3170 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 228DEG 42KT 3149 8837 

$$

ALC129-240015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-160224T0015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
558 PM CST TUE FEB 23 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
    
AT 557 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR STATE LINE...OR 7 MILES WEST OF CHATOM...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

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...
  CHATOM AROUND 600 PM CST. 
  MILLRY AROUND 610 PM CST. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
MOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3152 8803 3129 8844 3170 8846 3170 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 228DEG 42KT 3149 8837 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN

$$

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