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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 6:47 PM CDT for Clarke County, Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 43 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 22, 2007, 6:47 PM CDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2007, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 222347 TORMOB ALC025-097-129-230030- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0051.071022T2347Z-071023T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 647 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PINEOLA... OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FAIRFORD AND CALVERT BY 710 PM CDT... MALCOLM BY 715 PM CDT... MCINTOSH AND 6 MILES EAST OF TOPTON BY 725 PM CDT... HAWTHORN BY 730 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3135 8815 3131 8790 3097 8808 3099 8818 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 193DEG 23KT 3103 8812 $$ JP
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 230013 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 712 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 ALC025-097-129-230030- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-071023T0030Z/ WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-MOBILE AL- 712 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY... AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRFORD...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCINTOSH AND 6 MILES EAST OF TOPTON BY 725 PM CDT... HAWTHORN BY 730 PM CDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3135 8815 3131 8790 3097 8808 3099 8818 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 193DEG 23KT 3119 8808 $$ JP
000
WWUS54 KMOB 230017
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
717 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC025-097-230027-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-071023T0030Z/
CLARKE AL-MOBILE AL-
717 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOBILE AND EXTREME SOUTH
CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3132 8795 3129 8795 3127 8798 3126 8798
3117 8805 3119 8812 3135 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 193DEG 23KT 3122 8807
$$
ALC129-230030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-071023T0030Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
717 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 712 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRFORD...OR
ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MCINTOSH BY 725 PM CDT...
HAWTHORN BY 730 PM CDT...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3132 8795 3129 8795 3127 8798 3126 8798
3117 8805 3119 8812 3135 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 193DEG 23KT 3122 8807
$$
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, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Oct 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.