Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 11:44 AM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2007, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crenshaw County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:25 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Luverne, AL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 261645
TORMOB
ALC041-261730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0035.070426T1644Z-070426T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1144 AM CDT THU APR 26 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUVERNE...
* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT
* AT 1142 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 16 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF RUTLEDGE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LUVERNE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RUTLEDGE BY 1205 PM CDT...
LUVERNE BY 1210 PM CDT...
PATSBURG...LIVE OAK...9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVILLE AND 9 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GLENWOOD BY 1215 PM CDT...
PETREY BY 1220 PM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRADLEYTON BY 1225 PM 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 3166 8650 3154 8650 3163 8617 3180 8615
3180 8620 3197 8618 3196 8629 3192 8645
3167 8645
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 261704
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1204 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC041-261730-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070426T1730Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
1204 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT CRENSHAW
COUNTY...
AT 1203 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
RUTLEDGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RUTLEDGE BY 1210 PM CDT...
LUVERNE AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HONORAVILLE BY 1215 PM CDT...
LIVE OAK...PATSBURG AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVILLE BY 1225 PM
CDT...
PETREY AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRADLEYTON BY 1230 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3164 8643 3167 8616 3180 8615 3180 8620
3197 8618 3196 8629 3192 8645
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 261721
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1219 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC041-261730-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-070426T1730Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
1219 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY...
AT 1215 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE
TORNADO ABOUT FOUR MILES NORTHWEST OF LUVERNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PATSBURG...LIVE OAK AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAVILLE BY 1225 PM
CDT...
PETREY AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BRADLEYTON BY 1230 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.
LAT...LON 3169 8634 3174 8615 3180 8615 3180 8620
3197 8618 3196 8629 3182 8637
$$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, 11:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.