Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2009, 4:17 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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, 4:17 PM CST (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2009, 4:45 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 102217 TORMOB ALC129-102245- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.090110T2217Z-090110T2245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 417 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 445 PM CST * AT 417 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VINEGAR BEND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DEER PARK BY 425 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. LAT...LON 3139 8814 3117 8810 3118 8841 3126 8842 TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 258DEG 22KT 3122 8837 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 102233 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 433 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC129-102245- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090110T2245Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 432 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CST FOR SOUTH WASHINGTON COUNTY... AT 431 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPTON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... TOPTON BY 445 PM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL OR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3135 8814 3117 8810 3119 8830 3125 8830 TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 259DEG 26KT 3122 8826 $$
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, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 37 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 |
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.