Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2009, 2:15 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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 10, 2009, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2009, 2:52 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 859 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 490 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 102015 TORMOB ALC129-102100- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.090110T2015Z-090110T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 215 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 300 PM CST * AT 212 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPTON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOPTON BY 230 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. LAT...LON 3136 8803 3124 8798 3119 8825 3125 8827 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 248DEG 18KT 3123 8823 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 102027 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 227 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC129-102100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090110T2100Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 227 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 227 PM CST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR TOPTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCINTOSH BY 245 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 3123 8819 3127 8821 3136 8803 3124 8798 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 247DEG 20KT 3126 8816 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 102038 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 238 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC129-102100- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090110T2100Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 238 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 238 PM CST.... THIS TORNADO WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 250 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. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE OBSCURING THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 3126 8812 3129 8814 3136 8803 3128 8799 TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 240DEG 18KT 3128 8812 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 102052 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 252 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC129-102102- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090110T2100Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 252 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 3126 8812 3129 8814 3136 8803 3128 8799 TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 240DEG 18KT 3131 8805 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 10:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 70 min |
| Jan 10, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 30 min |
| Jan 10, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.