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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 2010Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2010, 12:03 PM CST for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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
Nov 15, 2010, 12:03 PM CST (18:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2010, 12:30 PM CST
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2010-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2010-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

882 
WFUS54 KMOB 151803
TORMOB
ALC003-053-FLC033-151900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0032.101115T1803Z-101115T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1203 PM CST MON NOV 15 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ATMORE...
  CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 100 PM CST

* AT 1201 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF
  BAY MINETTE...OR NEAR CARNEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ATMORE AROUND 1230 PM CST...

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 3110 8750 3093 8737 3087 8764 3093 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 233DEG 21KT 3091 8764

$$
1 follow-up statement
164 
WWUS54 KMOB 151830
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1230 PM CST MON NOV 15 2010

ALC003-053-FLC033-151837-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-101115T1900Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
1230 PM CST MON NOV 15 2010

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA...CENTRAL BALDWIN
AND SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT ROTATION WITHIN THE 
STORM HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED. HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH THIS 
STORM AS IT MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA AND 
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA.  


LAT...LON 3110 8750 3093 8737 3087 8764 3093 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 233DEG 21KT 3099 8751

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 1:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw36 min
Nov 15, 2:00 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington45 min
Nov 15, 2:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia56 min
Nov 15, 2:25 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
Nov 15, 2:49 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Nov 15, 3:15 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington26 min
Nov 15, 2:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa62 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.