Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 2009, 4:36 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 6, 2009, 4:36 PM CST (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2009, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 062236 TORMOB ALC129-062300- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.090106T2236Z-090106T2300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 436 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 500 PM CST * AT 436 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOPER...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BIGBEE BY 450 PM CST... FRANKVILLE BY 455 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3170 8817 3155 8803 3150 8839 3158 8841 TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 245DEG 37KT 3156 8835 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 062244 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 444 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ALC129-062300- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090106T2300Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 444 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CST FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 444 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR LOPER...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BIGBEE BY 450 PM CST... FRANKVILLE AND SILVER CROSS BY 455 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3152 8831 3161 8835 3170 8817 3155 8803 TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 245DEG 37KT 3159 8826 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 062255 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 455 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ALC129-062305- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-090106T2300Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 455 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 PM CST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3152 8831 3161 8835 3170 8817 3155 8803 TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 245DEG 37KT 3164 8814 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 3:30 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 42 hr | |
| Jan 6, 9:28 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 12 days |
| Jan 6, 9:29 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 13 days |
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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.