Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 41, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 18, 2007, 3:07 AM CDT for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1054 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 180808 TORMOB ALC129-180845- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0041.071018T0807Z-071018T0845Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 307 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 345 AM CDT * AT 305 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ESCATAWPA...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ESCATAWPA AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FRUITDALE BY 330 AM CDT... VINEGAR BEND AND DEER PARK BY 335 AM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TIBBIE...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEABOARD AND 8 MILES WEST OF TOPTON BY 345 AM 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 3151 8804 3125 8801 3115 8842 3136 8843 TIME...MOT...LOC 0807Z 247DEG 15KT 3121 8846 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| Oct 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.