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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

April 14, 2007Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2007, 5:31 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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, 5:31 PM CDT (22:31 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crenshaw 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
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 142231
TORMOB
ALC041-142300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0030.070414T2231Z-070414T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
531 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 529 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR RUTLEDGE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
  LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LIVE OAK AND SAVILLE BY 540 PM CDT...
  PETREY...PATSBURG AND BRADLEYTON BY 545 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 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3186 8645 3167 8644 3177 8615 3180 8620
      3190 8618 3197 8619 3198 8626

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 142243
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
542 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

ALC041-142300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070414T2300Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
542 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY...

AT 538 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LIVE 
OAK...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL MOVE ACROSS RURAL SECTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN CRENSHAW 
COUNTY THROUGH 6 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 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3187 8633 3175 8635 3176 8620 3180 8620
      3190 8618 3197 8619 3198 8626

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 142301
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
601 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

ALC041-142311-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-070414T2300Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
601 PM CDT SAT APR 14 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY EXPIRES AT
600 PM CDT...

THE TORNADO HAS SINCE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE COUNTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.

LAT...LON 3187 8633 3175 8635 3176 8620 3180 8620
      3190 8618 3197 8619 3198 8626

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 11:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	37 min
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, 5:35 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.