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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 9:00 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 1, 2007, 9:00 AM CST (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:02 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 755 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 724 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 855 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 011500 TORMOB ALC053-FLC033-113-011530- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0006.070301T1500Z-070301T1530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 900 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON... * UNTIL 930 AM CST * AT 858 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CENTURY... OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... POLLARD AND OSAKA BY 905 AM CST... KEEGO BY 910 AM CST... BREWTON AND EAST BREWTON BY 920 AM CST... 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 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3096 8737 3085 8720 3107 8700 3117 8717 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 011512 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 912 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 FLC033-011522- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070301T1530Z/ ESCAMBIA FL- 912 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3097 8725 3089 8709 3102 8689 3113 8706 $$ ALC053-FLC113-011530- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070301T1530Z/ ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL- 912 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA AND SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES... AT 912 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JAY...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DIXONVILLE...RIVERVIEW...6 MILES SOUTH OF EAST BREWTON AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BREWTON BY 925 AM CST... 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 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3097 8725 3089 8709 3102 8689 3113 8706 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 011529 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 929 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ALC053-011539- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070301T1530Z/ ESCAMBIA AL- 929 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 930 AM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA. LAT...LON 3103 8703 3099 8695 3102 8689 3108 8698 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:37 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | MOB | Walton | 10 hr |
| Mar 1, 8:39 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Mar 1, 9:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Mar 1, 9:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 24 min |
| Mar 1, 10:03 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Mar 1, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 11:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 12:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 1:55 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | 4 hr | |
| Mar 1, 2:35 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | Walton | 28 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:41 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Mar 1, 5:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Mar 1, 8:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 21 min |
| Mar 1, 9:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 9:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 10:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 33 min |
| Mar 1, 10:34 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 25 min |
| Mar 1, 11:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 18 min |
| Mar 1, 11:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 55 min |
| Mar 1, 11:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 11:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 12:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 42 min |
| Mar 1, 12:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 48 min |
| Mar 1, 1:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 1:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 37 min |
| Mar 1, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 3:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| Mar 1, 3:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 4:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 32 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.