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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 30, 2010, 6:24 AM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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, 6:24 AM CST (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2010, 7:00 AM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:26 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 473 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
771 WFUS54 KMOB 301224 TORMOB ALC025-129-301300- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0039.101130T1224Z-101130T1300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 624 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GROVE HILL... NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 700 AM CST * AT 623 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHATOM...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILLRY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GROVE HILL AROUND 655 AM CST... FULTON AROUND 700 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 3191 8784 3175 8766 3145 8811 3154 8821 TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 226DEG 37KT 3154 8811 $$
1 follow-up statement
344 WWUS54 KMOB 301237 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 637 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ALC129-301246- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101130T1300Z/ WASHINGTON AL- 637 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 635 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF WASHINGTON COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CST TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3157 8799 3163 8806 3191 8784 3175 8766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 226DEG 37KT 3163 8801 $$ ALC025-301300- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-101130T1300Z/ CLARKE AL- 637 AM CST TUE NOV 30 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST FOR CENTRAL CLARKE COUNTY... AT 635 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR SALITPA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WINN AROUND 645 AM CST... CLARKSVILLE AND ZIMCO AROUND 650 AM CST... CHILTON...PEACOCK AND GROVE HILL AROUND 655 AM CST... GREENWOOD...SPRINGFIELD...FULTON AND DICKINSON AROUND 700 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 3157 8799 3163 8806 3191 8784 3175 8766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1236Z 226DEG 37KT 3163 8801 $$
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, 6:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 30 min |
| Nov 30, 6:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 26 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.