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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2009, 4:57 AM CDT for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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 28, 2009, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2009, 5:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:20 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Red Oak, AL | TREES DOWN IN RED OAK |
| Mar 28, 5:20 AM CDT | HAIL 2.75 | Red Oak, AL | BASEBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN RED OAK. |
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, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 280957
TORMOB
ALC039-053-281100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.090328T0957Z-090328T1100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
457 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA...
SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT
* AT 452 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BRADLEY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY AT 510 AM CDT
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 NOON CDT SATURDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3100 8649 3100 8680 3119 8670 3151 8648
3145 8640 3137 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 0957Z 262DEG 42KT 3098 8669
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 281008
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
508 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
ALC053-281018-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090328T1100Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
508 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SATURDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3101 8648 3102 8668 3118 8669 3151 8648
3145 8640 3137 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 232DEG 42KT 3108 8660
$$
ALC039-281100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090328T1100Z/
COVINGTON AL-
508 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR COVINGTON
COUNTY...
AT 506 AM CDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
NEAR FALCO...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RED OAK...CAROLINA...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WATKINS BRIDGE AND 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BECK BY 520 AM CDT...
LIBERTYVILLE AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA BY 525 AM CDT...
SANFORD BY 530 AM CDT...
BABBIE BY 535 AM CDT...
OPP AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EODA BY 540 AM CDT...
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 NOON CDT SATURDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3101 8648 3102 8668 3118 8669 3151 8648
3145 8640 3137 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 232DEG 42KT 3108 8660
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 281019
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
519 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
ALC039-281100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090328T1100Z/
COVINGTON AL-
519 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR COVINGTON
COUNTY...
AT 515 AM CDT.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR RED OAK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RED OAK BY 525 AM CDT...
LIBERTYVILLE BY 530 AM CDT...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANFORD BY 535 AM CDT...
BABBIE BY 540 AM CDT...
8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EODA BY 545 AM CDT...
IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR
HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SATURDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3102 8650 3108 8659 3118 8660 3151 8648
3145 8640 3137 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1019Z 235DEG 36KT 3113 8650
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 281046
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
546 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
ALC039-281056-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-090328T1100Z/
COVINGTON AL-
546 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY HAS
BEEN CANCELLED...
A NEW TORNADO WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SATURDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3102 8650 3108 8659 3118 8660 3151 8648
3145 8640 3137 8618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1046Z 180DEG 0KT 3111 8654
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Mar 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Mar 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Mar 27, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Mobile, Washington | 51 min |
| Mar 27, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Mar 27, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Mar 27, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 27, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Mar 27, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 20 min |
| Mar 27, 11:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 115 min |
| Mar 27, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 11:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 112 min |
| Mar 27, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 28 min |
| Mar 28, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 50 min |
| Mar 28, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 1:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 119 min |
| Mar 28, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Mar 28, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 34 min |
| Mar 28, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 16 min |
| Mar 28, 2:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Mar 28, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 55 min |
| Mar 28, 2:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Mar 28, 2:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 15 min |
| Mar 28, 2:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 3:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 89 min |
| Mar 28, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 4:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 4:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 5:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 48 min |
| Mar 28, 5:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 21 min |
| Mar 28, 5:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 12 min |
| Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 16 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 7 days |
| Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 64 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 13 days |
| Mar 28, 6:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 7 days |
| Mar 28, 6:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 7:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 50 hr |
| Mar 28, 8:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 days |
| Mar 28, 8:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 5 days |
| Mar 28, 10:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 109 min | |
| Mar 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe | 12 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 12 hr |
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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.