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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 4:24 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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 27, 2009, 4:24 AM CDT (09:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 270924 TORMOB ALC003-FLC033-271000- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0013.090327T0924Z-090327T1000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 424 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 500 AM CDT * AT 420 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF GATESWOOD...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 440 AM CDT RURAL NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY AT 450 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 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3061 8768 3076 8779 3100 8738 3083 8729 TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 237DEG 38KT 3075 8763 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 270947
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
447 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
ALC003-270957-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T1000Z/
BALDWIN AL-
447 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3082 8750 3091 8734 3084 8730 3083 8730
3082 8731 3074 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 241DEG 39KT 3079 8736
$$
FLC033-271000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T1000Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
447 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
AT 444 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOGIA...OR ABOUT 24 MILES EAST OF
BAY MINETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BOGIA AND MCDAVID BY 455 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 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3082 8750 3091 8734 3084 8730 3083 8730
3082 8731 3074 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 241DEG 39KT 3079 8736
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 270957
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
FLC033-271007-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090327T1000Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
457 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500 AM
CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3082 8750 3091 8734 3084 8730 3083 8730
3082 8731 3074 8745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 241DEG 39KT 3084 8725
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 4:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 5:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 5:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 min |
| Mar 26, 10:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Mar 27, 1:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 3:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 108 min |
| Mar 27, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Mar 27, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Mar 27, 4:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 116 min |
| Mar 27, 4:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 5:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 111 min | |
| Mar 27, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Mar 27, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 112 min | |
| Mar 27, 9:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 min | |
| Mar 27, 10:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 47 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 7 days |
| Mar 27, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 111 min | |
| Mar 27, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Mar 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 12 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 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.