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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL

November 30, 2010Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2010, 6:00 AM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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 30, 2010, 6:00 AM CST (12:00 UTC)
Expired: Nov 30, 2010, 6:30 AM CST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 30, 3:49 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 558 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

715 
WFUS54 KMOB 301200
TORMOB
ALC129-301230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0038.101130T1200Z-101130T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
600 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CHATOM...

* UNTIL 630 AM CST

* AT 558 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CHATOM...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STATE LINE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHATOM AROUND 610 AM CST...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 8816 3162 8808 3159 8807 3159 8806
      3155 8801 3128 8830 3139 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1200Z 219DEG 36KT 3139 8832

$$

1 follow-up statement

253 
WWUS54 KMOB 301212
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
612 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

ALC129-301230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-101130T1230Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
612 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 609 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR CHATOM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELLISVILLE AROUND 620 AM CST...
  SAINT STEPHENS...BIGBEE AND FRANKVILLE AROUND 625 AM 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.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3162 8808 3159 8807 3155 8801 3137 8825
      3144 8834 3170 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1211Z 222DEG 36KT 3146 8822

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 30, 4:03 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	42 min
Nov 30, 4:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	24 min
Nov 30, 5:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	36 min
Nov 30, 5:27 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	24 min
Nov 30, 6:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	26 min
Nov 30, 6:24 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	36 min
Nov 30, 6:29 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	31 min
Nov 30, 6:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	37 min
Nov 30, 7:28 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	32 min
Nov 30, 7:30 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	30 min
Nov 30, 7:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	40 min
Nov 30, 7:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Wilcox	33 min
Nov 30, 9:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Wilcox	13 min
Nov 30, 9:46 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Nov 30, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	18 min
Nov 30, 11:53 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		112 min
Nov 30, 11:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	22 min
Nov 30, 1:01 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		20 hr
Nov 30, 1:03 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Nov 30, 1:25 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 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.