Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 36, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 26, 2007, 12:28 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2007, 12:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crenshaw County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 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.
- 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 261730 TORMOB ALC041-261815- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0036.070426T1728Z-070426T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1228 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LUVERNE... * UNTIL 115 PM CDT * AT 1224 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PATSBURG MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PETREY AND BRADLEYTON BY 1235 PM CDT... RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEAST CRENSHAW COUNTY THEREAFTER. CRENSHAW COUNTY EMA RELAYED A REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR PATSBURG AT 1225 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 3180 8639 3167 8625 3201 8575 3220 8595 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 261738
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1236 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC041-261815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070426T1815Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
1236 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY...
AT 1232 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE
TORNADO JUST EAST OF LIVE OAK AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 27 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER RURAL SECTIONS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST
CRENSHAW COUNTY BEFORE EXITING THE COUNTY BY 1245 PM CDT.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3181 8628 3173 8621 3174 8615 3180 8614
3180 8620 3190 8617 3197 8619 3197 8625
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 261744
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1243 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
ALC041-261753-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-070426T1815Z/
CRENSHAW AL-
1243 PM CDT THU APR 26 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRENSHAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS SINCE MOVED EAST OF CRENSHAW COUNTY.
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 3181 8628 3173 8621 3174 8615 3180 8614
3180 8620 3190 8617 3197 8619 3197 8625
$$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, 11:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 46 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.