Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 1:46 PM CST for Choctaw County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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 1, 2007, 1:46 PM CST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 2:30 PM CST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 985 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 575 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 400 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 011947
TORMOB
ALC023-129-012030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0020.070301T1946Z-070301T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
146 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 230 PM CST
* AT 144 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF AQUILLA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAYNESBORO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
AQUILLA...HEALING SPRINGS AND MILLRY BY 200 PM CST...
CULLOMBURG...SILAS AND BOLINGER BY 205 PM CST...
BLADON SPRINGS AND SOUWILPA BY 210 PM CST...
WOMACK HILL AND BARRYTOWN BY 215 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3188 8814 3182 8819 3176 8814 3176 8811
3161 8808 3148 8845 3177 8845 3193 8827
3198 8818
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 012005
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
204 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
ALC023-012014-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070301T2030Z/
CHOCTAW AL-
204 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHOCTAW COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM CELL HAS TAKEN ON A MOTION FURTHER TO THE SOUTHEAST AND
WILL NOT ENTER THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3169 8830 3169 8810 3153 8805 3151 8843
3166 8844
$$
ALC129-012030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070301T2030Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
204 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 202 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HEALING SPRINGS...
OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KOENTON BY 210 PM CST...
BIGBEE BY 215 PM CST...
SILVER CROSS AND FRANKVILLE BY 220 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3169 8830 3169 8810 3153 8805 3151 8843
3166 8844
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 012021
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
220 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
ALC129-012030-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-070301T2030Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
220 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH WASHINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
230 PM CST...
THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING OVER SECTIONS OF RURAL NORTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3169 8830 3169 8810 3153 8805 3151 8843
3166 8844
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 30 min |
| Mar 1, 9:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 9:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 11:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 12:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 4:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 32 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.