Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 3:26 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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, 3:26 PM CST (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 1034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 012126 TORMOB ALC097-012200- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.070301T2126Z-070301T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 326 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 400 PM CST * AT 324 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF GRAND BAY...OR ABOUT NEAR MOSS POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DEES AND SAINT ELMO BY 335 PM CST... SCHILLINGER AND THREE NOT...DAWES...HUTCHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MOBILE GREYHOUND PARK BY 340 PM CST... KNOLLWOOD HOSPITAL...COTTAGE HILL PARK...I10 AND I65 INTERSECTION AND AIRPORT AND UNIVERSITY BY 345 PM CST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 3061 8855 3040 8847 3042 8803 3091 8808 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 012144 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 344 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ALC097-012200- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070301T2200Z/ MOBILE AL- 344 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY... AT 341 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAURENDINE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BROOKLEY FIELD AIRPORT...I10 AND I65 INTERSECTION...LADD STADIUM AND AIRPORT AND GOVERNMENT BY 350 PM CST... 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOBILE INFIRMARY BY 355 PM CST... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3061 8835 3045 8831 3047 8807 3073 8807 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 012155 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 354 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ALC097-012204- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-070301T2200Z/ MOBILE AL- 354 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM CST... THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT THE SCHEDULED TIME. 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 3061 8835 3045 8831 3047 8807 3073 8807 $$
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, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 31 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.