Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2010

Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL

October 24, 2010Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2010, 11:52 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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: Oct 24, 2010, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2010, 12:30 AM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Covington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 232 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

212 
WFUS54 KMOB 250452
TORMOB
ALC039-250530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0026.101025T0452Z-101025T0530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1152 PM CDT SUN OCT 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT

* AT 1150 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF
  ANDALUSIA...OR NEAR RIVER FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RIVER FALLS AROUND MIDNIGHT CDT...
  GANTT AROUND 1215 AM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE 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.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

&&

LAT...LON 3131 8654 3138 8661 3153 8651 3153 8640
      3146 8640 3150 8636 3150 8633 3153 8631
      3154 8628 3147 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0452Z 225DEG 21KT 3133 8660

$$

1 follow-up statement

414 
WWUS54 KMOB 250526
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1226 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

ALC039-250534-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-101025T0530Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1226 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1230 AM CDT...

AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DISSIPATED...THUS THE 
TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT.  STAY 
TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3131 8654 3138 8661 3153 8651 3153 8640
      3146 8640 3150 8636 3150 8633 3153 8631
      3154 8628 3147 8628
TIME...MOT...LOC 0524Z 225DEG 21KT 3146 8644

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 24, 7:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	60 min
Oct 24, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		64 min
Oct 24, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	45 min
Oct 24, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe, Wilcox	43 min
Oct 24, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	44 min
Oct 24, 10:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	39 min
Oct 24, 11:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	45 min
Oct 24, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		51 min
Oct 25, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	41 min
Oct 25, 4:42 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Washington	23 min
Oct 25, 5:15 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	60 min
Oct 25, 5:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	40 min
Oct 25, 5:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	25 min
Oct 25, 5:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	46 min
Oct 25, 6:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
Oct 25, 6:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	2 hr
Oct 25, 6:28 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	32 min
Oct 25, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	36 min
Oct 25, 7:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	59 min
Oct 25, 7:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	54 min
Oct 25, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	2 min
Oct 25, 8:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	42 min
Oct 25, 1:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	39 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2010 Every tornado warning in 2010 Tornadoes in 2010

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.