Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 11:31 AM CDT 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
- Apr 26, 2007, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 12:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Butler County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 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
- 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 261632
TORMOB
ALC013-261730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0034.070426T1631Z-070426T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1131 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 1129 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR
INDUSTRY... OR OVER RURAL SOUTHEAST BUTLER COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN BUTLER COUNTY AT 1150 AM CDT
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM 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 3153 8680 3154 8652 3168 8651 3167 8646
3191 8645 3172 8670
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 261702
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1200 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC013-261710-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-070426T1730Z/
BUTLER AL-
1200 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS SINCE MOVED EAST OF BUTLER COUNTY. THE MOST LIKELY
LOCATION TO HAVE RECEIVED DAMAGE FROM A TORNADO WAS OVER RURAL
SOUTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY.
THE NWS IN MOBILE ALABAMA HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE BUTLER COUNTY
EMA AND THEY ARE INVESTIGATING. IF YOU HAVE CONFIRMED TORNADO
DAMAGE PLEASE RELAY TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR FURTHER RELY TO THE
NWS FORECAST OFFICE IN MOBILE ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3153 8680 3154 8652 3168 8651 3167 8646
3191 8645 3172 8670
$$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, 11:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 46 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 |
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.