Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 11:38 AM CDT for Choctaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 14, 2007, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 912 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 141638 TORMOB ALC023-141715- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0028.070414T1638Z-070414T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1138 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUTLER... * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 1134 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCK SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF QUITMAN... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RIDERWOOD AND ROCK SPRINGS BY 1145 AM CDT... PUSHMATAHA AND LISMAN BY 1150 AM CDT... CROMWELL BY 1155 AM CDT... JACHIN AND ROBJOHN BY NOON CDT... INDIAN SPRINGS...DEAS AND CHOCTAW CITY BY 1205 PM CDT... 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 CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3210 8844 3189 8846 3228 8794 3245 8812 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 141649 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1148 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ALC023-141715- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070414T1715Z/ CHOCTAW AL- 1148 AM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT 1147 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF NEEDHAM...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF QUITMAN. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... 8 MILES WEST OF NEEDHAM...9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCK SPRINGS AND 9 MILES WEST OF LAND BY 1215 PM CDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3210 8844 3189 8846 3228 8794 3245 8812 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 141704 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1202 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ALC023-141715- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-070414T1715Z/ CHOCTAW AL- 1202 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY... AT NOON CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH SUFFICIENT ROTATION TO MAINTAIN A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF BUTLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... JACHIN...ROBJOHN...DEAS AND CHOCTAW CITY BY 1215 PM CDT... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER 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 CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3210 8844 3189 8846 3227 8801 3230 8815 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 11:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 62 min |
| Apr 14, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 14, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 30 min |
| Apr 14, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 115 min |
| Apr 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.