Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 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
- Oct 22, 2007, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2007, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 4:40 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Coden, AL | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED CROSSING SHELL BUILT ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 597 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 222101
TORMOB
ALC097-222145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0049.071022T2101Z-071022T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
401 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WEST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BAYOU LA BATRE BY 435 PM CDT...
DIXON CORNER AND DELCHAMPS BY 440 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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3023 8833 3026 8832 3027 8821 3031 8816
3030 8823 3036 8832 3047 8831 3043 8808
3023 8819 3021 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 197DEG 21KT 3020 8829
$$
JP2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 222113
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
412 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC097-222145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-071022T2145Z/
MOBILE AL-
412 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE WEST
END OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BAYOU LA BATRE BY 435 PM CDT...
DIXON CORNER AND DELCHAMPS BY 440 PM CDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.
LAT...LON 3023 8833 3026 8832 3027 8821 3031 8816
3030 8823 3036 8832 3047 8831 3043 8808
3023 8819 3021 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 197DEG 21KT 3026 8827
$$
JP000
WWUS54 KMOB 222133
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
433 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC097-222145-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-071022T2145Z/
MOBILE AL-
433 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
AT 429 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED WALL CLOUD WITH
THIS THUNDERSTORM...LOCATED NEAR BAYOU LA BATRE...MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
DELCHAMPS BY 440 PM CDT...
DIXON CORNER BY 445 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.
LAT...LON 3035 8828 3047 8831 3043 8810 3041 8810
3035 8820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 197DEG 21KT 3038 8823
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Oct 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 22, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 43 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.