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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 4:53 AM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2009, 4:53 AM CDT (09:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 5:20 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Escambia County, AL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Chumuckla, FL | DAMAGE TO 7 HOMES ON BELL CREEK ROAD. FOUR WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE...TWO WITH TREES ON THE ROOF AND ONE WITH 30 PERCENT OF THE ROOF OFF. SEVERAL TREES WERE ALSO DOWN IN THE AREA. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 270953
TORMOB
ALC053-FLC113-271030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0014.090327T0953Z-090327T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
453 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 530 AM CDT
* AT 448 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CHUMUCKLA...OR
ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BERRYDALE BY 510 AM CDT...
MCLELLAN BY 520 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 3080 8731 3081 8730 3085 8731 3106 8691
3089 8682 3070 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 0953Z 242DEG 40KT 3081 8721
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS54 KMOB 271020
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
520 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
ALC053-FLC113-271029-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-090327T1030Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-
519 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SANTA ROSA AND SOUTHEASTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THIS TORNADO WARNING WAS REPLACED BY THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED TORNADO
WARNING.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3080 8731 3081 8730 3085 8731 3106 8691
3089 8682 3070 8724
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 242DEG 40KT 3095 8691
$$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, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 36 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.