Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2007, 8:14 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. 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
- Jul 11, 2007, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 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 120115 TORMOB ALC003-FLC033-120200- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0038.070712T0114Z-070712T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 814 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 810 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FAIRHOPE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS AND SUMMERDALE BY 820 PM CDT... FOLEY BY 830 PM CDT... ELBERTA...OAK AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BON SECOUR BY 835 PM CDT... MIFLIN BY 840 PM CDT... ROMAR BEACH BY 850 PM CDT... 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHNSONS BEACH BY 900 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3059 8779 3046 8793 3025 8766 3030 8740 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WFUS54 KMOB 120119 CCA TORMOB ALC003-120200- /O.COR.KMOB.TO.W.0038.070712T0114Z-070712T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED TO REMOVE SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 814 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 810 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FAIRHOPE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MARLOW AND CLAY CITY BY 825 PM CDT... TURKEY BRANCH BY 830 PM CDT... MAGNOLIA SPRINGS BY 840 PM CDT... FOLEY BY 845 PM CDT... BON SECOUR BY 850 PM CDT... OAK...MIFLIN AND ELBERTA BY 855 PM CDT... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3059 8779 3046 8793 3025 8766 3032 8745 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 120136 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 836 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007 ALC003-120200- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070712T0200Z/ BALDWIN AL- 836 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY... AT 835 PM CDT...THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELBERTA TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF FOLEY TO JUST NORTH OF PALMETTO BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO IN THE FOLEY AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM AROUND 810 PM...BUT NO FURTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY WILL RACE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS EXTREME BALDWIN COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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 3059 8779 3046 8793 3025 8766 3032 8745 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 120200 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 900 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007 ALC003-120210- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-070712T0200Z/ BALDWIN AL- 900 PM CDT WED JUL 11 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT... LAT...LON 3059 8779 3046 8793 3025 8766 3032 8745 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Jul 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Jul 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.