Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2007, 8:32 PM CDT for Clarke 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, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 464 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 230133 TORMOB ALC025-129-230215- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0053.071023T0132Z-071023T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 832 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 915 PM CDT * AT 827 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CORTELUOU...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEROY BY 840 PM CDT... SAINT STEPHRNS BY 845 PM CDT... WINN BY 900 PM CDT... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHILTON BY 915 PM 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3189 8808 3184 8775 3137 8796 3141 8809 TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 191DEG 23KT 3147 8800 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 230150
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
848 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC129-230158-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-071023T0215Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
848 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS MOVED ACROSS THE
TOMBIGBEE RIVER INTO CLARKE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3180 8778 3177 8778 3173 8781 3170 8781
3162 8786 3152 8789 3155 8799 3186 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 195DEG 30KT 3155 8794
$$
ALC025-230215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-071023T0215Z/
CLARKE AL-
848 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 846 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF
WINN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 35
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WINN BY 900 PM CDT...
CHILTON BY 915 PM 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3180 8778 3177 8778 3173 8781 3170 8781
3162 8786 3152 8789 3155 8799 3186 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 195DEG 30KT 3155 8794
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 230206
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
906 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
ALC025-230215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-071023T0215Z/
CLARKE AL-
906 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
CLARKE COUNTY...
AT 905 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WINN...OR ABOUT 7
MILES WEST OF GROVE HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CHILTON BY 915 PM CDT...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3180 8778 3173 8781 3162 8786 3164 8795
3182 8794
TIME...MOT...LOC 0206Z 196DEG 29KT 3170 8789
$$
JPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Oct 22, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 18 min |
| Oct 23, 12:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Monroe, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 39 min |
| Oct 23, 2:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 31 min |
| Oct 23, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 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.