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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

March 26, 2009Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2009, 7:41 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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 26, 2009, 7:41 AM CDT (12:41 UTC)
Expired: Mar 26, 2009, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:42 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 26, 1:36 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 371 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -95 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 261241
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-261330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0010.090326T1241Z-090326T1330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
741 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 830 AM CDT

* AT 737 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LILLIAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE  TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MYRTLE GROVE BY 805 AM CDT...
  WARRINGTON AND WEST PENSACOLA BY 815 AM CDT...

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 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3033 8744 3036 8741 3046 8748 3054 8717
      3050 8713 3052 8710 3055 8714 3057 8707
      3045 8706 3044 8709 3050 8713 3039 8717
      3041 8707 3038 8705 3036 8721 3037 8722
      3042 8717 3042 8718 3035 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 1241Z 261DEG 13KT 3038 8740

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 261253
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
753 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

ALC003-FLC033-113-261330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-090326T1330Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
753 AM CDT THU MAR 26 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL SANTA ROSA...SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN
BALDWIN COUNTIES...

AT 751 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR WARRINGTON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PENSACOLA...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROWNSVILLE BY 800 AM CDT...
  GOULDING AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRENT BY 805 AM CDT...
  PENSACOLA...EAST PENSACOLA HEIGHTS...6 MILES SOUTH OF PENSACOLA
  REGIONAL A/P AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF FERRY PASS BY 815 AM CDT...
  ORIOLE BEACH BY 830 AM CDT...

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 900 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3033 8744 3036 8741 3046 8748 3054 8717
      3050 8713 3052 8710 3055 8714 3057 8707
      3045 8706 3044 8709 3050 8713 3039 8717
      3041 8707 3038 8705 3036 8721 3037 8722
      3042 8717 3042 8718 3035 8726
TIME...MOT...LOC 1253Z 261DEG 13KT 3038 8727

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	49 min
Mar 26, 6:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	63 min
Mar 26, 8:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	57 min
Mar 26, 8:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	63 min
Mar 26, 9:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	25 min
Mar 26, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	42 min
Mar 26, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	46 min
Mar 26, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	16 min
Mar 26, 4:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox	46 min
Mar 26, 5:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile, Washington	42 min
Mar 26, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	46 min
Mar 26, 5:34 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		86 min
Mar 26, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe	39 min
Mar 26, 6:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	43 min
Mar 26, 7:03 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Mar 26, 7:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	54 min
Mar 26, 7:37 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	53 min
Mar 26, 7:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	34 min
Mar 26, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 26, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	10 days
Mar 26, 10:52 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 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.