Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 11:14 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 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 26, 2007, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 12:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 261613 TORMOB ALC053-261700- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0033.070426T1614Z-070426T1700Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1114 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON... * UNTIL NOON CDT * AT 1111 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WAWBEEK... OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... OSAKA BY 1120 AM CDT... FOSHEE BY 1125 AM CDT... BREWTON AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLACE BY 1135 AM CDT... APPLETON BY 1140 AM CDT... KIRKLAND BY 1145 AM CDT... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. 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. LAT...LON 3101 8740 3100 8721 3127 8681 3127 8718 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 261626
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1124 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC053-261700-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070426T1700Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
1124 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
AT 1120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OSAKA...OR ABOUT
12 MILES WEST OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
KEEGO BY 1130 AM CDT...
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WALLACE BY 1135 AM CDT...
BREWTON AND EAST BREWTON BY 1140 AM CDT...
APPLETON BY 1145 AM CDT...
KIRKLAND BY 1150 AM CDT...
THERE ARE EARLY INDICATIONS THAT THIS STORM MAY HAVE PRODUCED A
TORNADO IN SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA. THE NWS IN MOBILE IS
TRYING TO VERIFY EXACTLY WHERE AND IF THIS DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3104 8734 3100 8731 3101 8718 3127 8681
3127 8718
$$000 WWUS54 KMOB 261641 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1140 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ALC053-261700- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070426T1700Z/ ESCAMBIA AL- 1140 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 1137 AM CDT...A RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR APPLETON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KIRKLAND BY 1145 AM CDT... AND OVER RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST ESCAMBIA COUNTY THROUGH NOON. 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. LAT...LON 3127 8718 3107 8725 3112 8693 3127 8681 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 261651 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1151 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ALC053-261701- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-070426T1700Z/ ESCAMBIA AL- 1151 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3127 8718 3107 8725 3112 8693 3127 8681 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 64 min |
| Apr 26, 10:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Apr 26, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 16 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.