Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 10, 2009, 5:13 PM CST for 4 counties in 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, 5:13 PM CST (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2009, 5:50 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 359 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 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 102313 TORMOB ALC003-025-099-129-110000- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.090110T2313Z-090111T0000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 513 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... EXTREME NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... EXTREME SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 600 PM CST * AT 510 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST EAST OF MCINTOSH...ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARLTON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CARLTON BY 530 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 3157 8758 3132 8750 3125 8799 3131 8801 TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 249DEG 25KT 3130 8796 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 102330 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 530 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC129-102339- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090111T0000Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 529 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST INTO CLARKE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3127 8788 3133 8788 3157 8758 3132 8750 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 248DEG 23KT 3131 8785 $$ ALC003-025-099-110000- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090111T0000Z/ MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-BALDWIN AL- 529 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTHERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES... AT 527 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR CARLTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CHOCTAW BLUFF BY 540 PM CST... CHRYSLER BY 545 PM CST... ELISKA AND MT PLEASANT BY 550 PM CST... GAINESTOWN BY 555 PM CST... HOMEWOOD AND BARLOW BEND BY 600 PM CST... 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 3127 8788 3133 8788 3157 8758 3132 8750 TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 248DEG 23KT 3131 8785 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 102350 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 550 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ALC003-025-099-102359- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090111T0000Z/ MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-BALDWIN AL- 549 PM CST SAT JAN 10 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN... SOUTHERN CLARKE AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3127 8788 3133 8788 3157 8758 3132 8750 TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 249DEG 25KT 3139 8768 $$
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, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 30 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.