Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2009, 4:45 PM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 10, 2009, 4:45 PM CST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2009, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 5:05 PM CST | TORNADO | Mcintosh, AL | DAMAGE CORRELATING TO EF-1 TORNADO FOUND ALONG 1.6 MILE TRACK FROM BOYKIN BLVD TO CIBA PLANT. |
| Jan 10, 5:06 PM CST | TORNADO | Mcintosh, AL | LAW ENFORCEMENT DISPATCHER REPORTED A TORNADO IN MCINTOSH ALABAMA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 102245 TORMOB ALC025-129-102315- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0004.090110T2245Z-090110T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 445 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 515 PM CST * AT 440 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOPTON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTH OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCINTOSH BY 500 PM CST... 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 3141 8786 3124 8787 3119 8822 3126 8822 TIME...MOT...LOC 2245Z 252DEG 29KT 3124 8815 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 102254 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 454 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC025-129-102315- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090110T2315Z/ WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL- 453 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR SOUTHERN CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 452 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS 7 MILES WEST OF MCINTOSH...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MCINTOSH BY 505 PM CST... IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3120 8817 3126 8817 3141 8786 3124 8787 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 258DEG 23KT 3124 8812 $$
000
WWUS54 KMOB 102303
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
503 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009
ALC025-129-102315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090110T2315Z/
WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL-
503 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CLARKE AND EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 459 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR MCINTOSH...ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
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 3123 8807 3128 8808 3138 8792 3141 8786
3124 8787
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 249DEG 29KT 3128 8802
$$000 WWUS54 KMOB 102310 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 510 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC025-129-102315- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090110T2315Z/ WASHINGTON AL-CLARKE AL- 509 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CLARKE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 509 PM CST.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR MCINTOSH...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATOM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. REPORTS OF TORNADO DAMAGE ARE NOW BEING REPORTED BY MCINTOSH POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF YOU ARE IN MOBILE HOME...EVACUATE IT AND GET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING OR IN AN UNDERGROUND STORM SHELTER. IF NO SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER IS AVAILABLE AND A TORNADO IS FAST APPROACHING... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW DEPRESSION AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3120 8817 3126 8817 3141 8786 3124 8787 TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 248DEG 24KT 3129 8799 $$
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, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 28 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.