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Tornado Warning 51, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2009, 5:36 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Dec 24, 2009, 5:36 PM CST (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2009, 6:13 PM CST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 5:38 PM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Gulf Shores, AL | BALDWIN COUNTY 911 REPORTED ROOF DAMAGE AND WINDOWS BROKEN ON A HOUSE ON COTTON BAY DRIVE WEST NEAR JACK EDWARDS AIRPORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 395 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 501 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 242336
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-250030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0051.091224T2336Z-091225T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
536 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CST
* AT 535 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ROMAR BEACH...OR ABOUT 28 MILES EAST OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING
NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MIFLIN BY 555 PM CST...
ELBERTA BY 600 PM CST...
ELSANOR BY 620 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.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3064 8776 3061 8744 3034 8749 3032 8752
3030 8750 3029 8750 3028 8752 3029 8754
3027 8756 3027 8760 3023 8774 3024 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 190DEG 24KT 3024 8764
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 242349
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
549 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
ALC003-FLC033-250030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-091225T0030Z/
BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
549 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
FLORIDA...
AT 546 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR MIFLIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELSANOR BY 600 PM CST...
SEMINOLE BY 605 PM CST...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3064 8776 3061 8744 3034 8749 3032 8752
3030 8750 3029 8750 3028 8752 3029 8754
3027 8756 3027 8760 3023 8774 3024 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 206DEG 35KT 3038 8757
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 242358
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
558 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
FLC033-250005-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-091225T0030Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
558 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO IS MOVING ACROSS
EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY. IF THE STORM CONTINUES MOVING NORTHEAST AND
REMAINS STRONG...A NEW TORNADO WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THE CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. STAY
TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3035 8749 3040 8763 3063 8760 3061 8744
3040 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 208DEG 25KT 3043 8754
$$
ALC003-250030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-091225T0030Z/
BALDWIN AL-
558 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 553 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS NEAR ELBERTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELSANOR BY 605 PM CST...
SEMINOLE BY 610 PM CST...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3035 8749 3040 8763 3063 8760 3061 8744
3040 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 2355Z 208DEG 25KT 3043 8754
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 250013
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
613 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
ALC003-250023-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0051.000000T0000Z-091225T0030Z/
BALDWIN AL-
613 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE SEMINOLE AREA...AND STILL MAY
BE PRODUCING STRONG WINDS NEAR 60 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CST FRIDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3035 8749 3040 8763 3063 8760 3061 8744
3040 8748
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 208DEG 25KT 3054 8747
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 7:48 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 20 hr | |
| Dec 24, 12:20 PM CST | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 16 hr | |
| Dec 24, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 62 min |
| Dec 24, 10:07 AM CST | Gale Warning | MOB | 11 hr | |
| Dec 24, 4:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 58 min |
| Dec 24, 4:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 65 min |
| Dec 24, 4:47 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Dec 24, 4:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 65 min |
| Dec 24, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 44 min |
| Dec 24, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 20 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.