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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL

October 25, 2010Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 2010, 1:06 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 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 25, 2010, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2010, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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: 10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -289 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

368 
WFUS54 KMOB 251806
TORMOB
ALC035-053-251845-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0031.101025T1806Z-101025T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
106 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BREWTON...

* UNTIL 145 PM CDT

* AT 106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BREWTON...
  OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIVERVIEW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOYKIN AROUND 145 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3133 8694 3116 8681 3110 8714 3116 8718
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 235DEG 17KT 3115 8711

$$

PURDY

2 follow-up statements

009 
WWUS54 KMOB 251824
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
124 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

ALC035-251834-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-101025T1845Z/
CONECUH AL-
124 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CONECUH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3114 8704 3119 8706 3127 8692 3127 8689
      3125 8688 3116 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 252DEG 18KT 3118 8701

$$

ALC053-251845-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-101025T1845Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
124 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY...

AT 124 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS 
TORNADO WAS NEAR KIRKLAND...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOYKIN AND DAMASCUS AROUND 145 PM CDT...

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.

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...OR LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3114 8704 3119 8706 3127 8692 3127 8689
      3125 8688 3116 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 252DEG 18KT 3118 8701

$$

PURDY

273 
WWUS54 KMOB 251845
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
145 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

ALC053-251851-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-101025T1845Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
145 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 145 PM CDT...

THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND 
GUSTS TO 30 MPH ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY AS IT MOVES 
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LAT...LON 3114 8704 3119 8706 3127 8692 3127 8689
      3125 8688 3116 8681
TIME...MOT...LOC 1841Z 252DEG 18KT 3121 8692

$$

PURDY

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 24, 11:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	38 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

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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.