Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 2:16 PM CST for Butler County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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, 2:16 PM CST (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 2:47 PM CST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Butler County, AL
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, 9:47 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 724 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 855 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 012017 TORMOB ALC013-012100- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.070301T2016Z-070301T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 216 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 214 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MONTERY... OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF I65 AND AL 185 BY 230 PM CST... THE STORM WILL REMIAN MOVE OVER RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY...REMAINING NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF GREENVILLE. 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 3197 8691 3182 8691 3180 8646 3197 8647 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 012026 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 225 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ALC013-012100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070301T2100Z/ BUTLER AL- 225 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY... AT 223 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN BUTLER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 29 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER... RURAL NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM CST THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3197 8687 3186 8686 3184 8646 3197 8647 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 012047 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 247 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ALC013-012055- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-070301T2100Z/ BUTLER AL- 247 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED 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 3197 8687 3186 8686 3184 8646 3197 8647 $$
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, 1:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 44 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, 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 |
Nearby
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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.