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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2007, 12:47 PM CDT for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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
- Jul 7, 2007, 12:47 PM CDT (17:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2007, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:49 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ararat, AL | TREES DOWN IN ARARAT...POSSIBLE TORNADO. TREES ALSO DOWN IN MELVIN AND NEEDHAM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 071747 TORMOB ALC023-025-071830- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0037.070707T1747Z-070707T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1247 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTHWESTERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 1243 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ARARAT...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BUTLER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. 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 3204 8829 3186 8826 3193 8798 3204 8815 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 42 min |
| Jul 7, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.