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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 36 min |
| Nov 15, 2:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Nov 15, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 56 min |
| Nov 15, 2:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Nov 15, 2:49 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Nov 15, 3:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Nov 15, 2:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 62 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.