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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2010, 8:30 AM CDT for Choctaw 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
- Apr 24, 2010, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2010, 9:06 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Choctaw County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 470 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
030
WFUS54 KMOB 241330
TORMOB
ALC023-241415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.100424T1330Z-100424T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
830 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUTLER...
* UNTIL 915 AM CDT
* AT 827 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUTLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL MOVE NEAR...
ROBJOHN AND JACHIN BY 845 AM CDT...
INDIAN SPRINGS...EDNA AND DEAS BY 850 AM CDT...
OAKCHIA BY 855 AM 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.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3228 8801 3226 8800 3216 8800 3214 8804
3209 8804 3197 8835 3202 8841 3203 8842
3228 8820 3231 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 224DEG 51KT 3205 8833
$$3 follow-up statements
409
WWUS54 KMOB 241343
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
843 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
ALC023-241415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100424T1415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-
843 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 839 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR BUTLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LAVACA...JACHIN...ROBJOHN...CHOCTAW CITY...DEAS...PENNINGTON...INDIAN
SPRINGS AND NAHEOLA
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS
A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY
AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3206 8813 3205 8825 3213 8825 3226 8818
3231 8792 3228 8801 3226 8800 3216 8800
3214 8804 3209 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1342Z 230DEG 24KT 3212 8819
$$434
WWUS54 KMOB 241354
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
854 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
ALC023-241415-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100424T1415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-
854 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY...
AT 851 AM CDT.... THE POSSIBLE RADAR INDICATED TORNADO WAS NEAR
CHOCTAW CITY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF BUTLER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PENNINGTON AND NAHEOLA
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.
TO REPORT ANY TORNADOES...FUNNEL CLOUDS...OR OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER
OBSERVATIONS TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...CALL TOLL FREE AT 1 8
7 7 6 3 3 6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3214 8811 3216 8815 3223 8815 3228 8801
3226 8800 3216 8800 3214 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1354Z 234DEG 39KT 3220 8807
$$600
WWUS54 KMOB 241406
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
906 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
ALC023-241414-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-100424T1415Z/
CHOCTAW AL-
906 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM HAS SINCE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF CHOCTAW COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3214 8811 3216 8815 3223 8815 3228 8801
3226 8800 3216 8800 3214 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1404Z 180DEG 0KT 3223 8802
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Apr 24, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 7 min |
| Apr 24, 2:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 17 min |
| Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Apr 24, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Apr 24, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 8:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 60 min |
| Apr 24, 9:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 55 min |
| Apr 24, 10:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 58 min |
| Apr 24, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Apr 24, 12:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Apr 24, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Apr 24, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 3:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 37 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 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.