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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

March 9, 2011Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2011, 8:27 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2011, 8:27 AM CST (14:27 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2011, 9:30 AM CST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 9, 8:30 AM CST	TORNADO 1	5 Nnw Grand Bay, AL	13550 FRED FREEDLAND RD....BARN DESTROYED...HORSES WITH MINOR INJURIES...MULTIPLE TREES/POWER LINES DOWN...DOUBLE WIDE HOME OFF FOUNDATION.
Mar 9, 8:38 AM CST	TORNADO	Theodore, AL	NEAR INTERSECTION OF THEODORE DAWES RD. AND OLD PASCAGOULA RD...CANOPY RIPPED OFF BP STATION...SEVERE DAMAGE TO HARDWARE STORE...DAMAGE TO POPEYES RESTAURANT...HOUSE DAMAGED...U-HAUL TRUCK FLIPPED INTO DITCH...MOBILE HOMES FLIPPED OVER...TREES DOWN...TOPS RIPP
Mar 9, 8:38 AM CST	TORNADO	Tillmans Corner, AL	CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR TILLMANS CORNER AFFECTING OLD PASCAGOULA ROAD AND THEODORE DAWES ROAD. BP STATION AWNING/ROOF DAMAGED. TREES DOWN.
Mar 9, 8:39 AM CST	TORNADO 2	Theodore, AL	NEAR INTERSECTION OF THEODORE DAWES RD. AND OLD PASCAGOULA RD...CANOPY RIPPED OFF BP STATION...SEVERE DAMAGE TO HARDWARE STORE...DAMAGE TO POPEYES RESTAURANT...HOUSE DAMAGED...U-HAUL TRUCK FLIPPED INTO DITCH...MOBILE HOMES FLIPPED OVER...TREES DOWN...TOPS RIPP
Mar 9, 8:40 AM CST	TORNADO	Theodore, AL	PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO NEAR SCHILLINGER AND THEODORE DAWES RD. CLEAR VORTEX CONTAINING TREE LIMBS AND BUSHES.
Mar 9, 8:48 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	5 Nnw Grand Bay, AL	13550 FRED FREEDLAND RD....BARN DESTROYED...HORSES WITH MINOR INJURIES...MULTIPLE TREES/POWER LINES DOWN...DOUBLE WIDE HOME OFF FOUNDATION.
Mar 9, 9:15 AM CST	TORNADO 2	Silverhill, AL	* 1 INJ * SEVERAL HOMES EXPERIECNED SEVERE ROOF DAMAGE. A UTILITY TRAILER WAS CARRIED 50 TO 80 YARDS. A TRUCK THAT WAS BACKING OUT OF THE POST OFFICE PARKING LOT WAS PICKED UP AND FLIPPED INTO THE GRASS AREA IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE. THE DRIVER ONLY SUF
Mar 9, 9:21 AM CST	TORNADO	1 S Robertsdale, AL	DEBRIS SPOTTED SWIRLING IN THE AIR BY A MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Mar 9, 9:31 AM CST	TORNADO	Silverhill, AL	BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTING DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF SEVERAL ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES. STREETS AFFECTED INCLUDE FIRST AND FOURTH STREET AS WELL AS HIGHWAY 104 AND FOURTH STREET.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 9, 7:26 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 1220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 499 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 571 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 4.3
Supercell composite: 19.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

374 
WFUS54 KMOB 091427
TORMOB
ALC003-097-091530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0011.110309T1427Z-110309T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
827 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SPANISH FORT...ROBERTSDALE...POINT
  CLEAR...LOXLEY...FOLEY...FAIRHOPE...DAPHNE...
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TILLMANS CORNER...THEODORE...GRAND
  BAY...DOWNTOWN MOBILE...BAYOU LA BATRE...

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 821 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  ESCATAWPA...OR 12 MILES EAST OF VANCLEAVE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND BAY AROUND 835 AM CST...
  MOBILE GREYHOUND P...SCHILLINGER AND TH AND SCHILLINGER AND THREE
  NOTCH AROUND 845 AM CST...
  THEODORE AND TILLMANS CORNER AROUND 850 AM CST...
  BELLEFONTAINE AROUND 855 AM CST...
  FAIRHOPE...HOUSTONVILLE AND DAPHNE AROUND 915 AM CST...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 53.

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 NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3037 8784 3040 8790 3048 8795 3055 8791
      3064 8793 3067 8799 3064 8805 3061 8805
      3058 8808 3052 8807 3052 8809 3038 8810
      3040 8840 3063 8841 3080 8763 3035 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1426Z 267DEG 32KT 3052 8841

$$

2 follow-up statements

670 
WWUS54 KMOB 091446
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
846 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

ALC003-097-091530-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110309T1530Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
846 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MOBILE AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...

AT 844 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS NEAR THEODORE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLLINGERS ISLAND AND BELLEFONTAINE AROUND 850 AM CST...
  FAIRHOPE...HOUSTONVILLE...JACKSON OAK AND BATTLES WHARF AROUND 900
  AM CST...
  MONTROSE...BELFOREST AND DAPHNE AROUND 905 AM CST...  
  ROBERTSDALE AROUND 915 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3037 8784 3040 8790 3048 8795 3055 8791
      3064 8793 3067 8799 3064 8805 3061 8805
      3058 8808 3052 8807 3052 8809 3038 8810
      3040 8819 3066 8826 3080 8763 3035 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1445Z 265DEG 45KT 3054 8815

$$

048 
WWUS54 KMOB 091448
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
848 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

ALC003-097-091530-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110309T1530Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
848 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...

AT 844 AM CST.... THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR THEODORE...MOVING EAST AT 50 
MPH. A CITIZEN HAS NOW REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE DOG 
TRACK WITH VISIBLE DEBRIS SWIRLING AROUND IT.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTROSE...FAIRHOPE...DAPHNE AND HOUSTONVILLE AROUND 900 AM CST...
  BELFOREST AROUND 905 AM CST...
  SILVERHILL AND CLAY CITY AROUND 910 AM CST...
  ROBERTSDALE...ROSINTON AND LOXLEY AROUND 915 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3037 8784 3040 8790 3048 8795 3055 8791
      3064 8793 3067 8799 3064 8805 3061 8805
      3058 8808 3052 8807 3052 8809 3042 8810
      3043 8818 3060 8821 3080 8763 3035 8759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1447Z 265DEG 45KT 3054 8812

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 7:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	34 min
Mar 8, 8:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	37 min
Mar 8, 9:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	41 min
Mar 8, 9:44 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington, Wilcox	46 min
Mar 9, 1:32 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	118 min
Mar 9, 4:20 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	6 hr
Mar 9, 4:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	38 min
Mar 9, 4:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	33 min
Mar 9, 5:07 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	6 hr
Mar 9, 5:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	33 min
Mar 9, 5:51 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington, Wilcox	6 hr
Mar 9, 6:37 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	17 min
Mar 9, 7:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile, Washington	52 min
Mar 9, 7:26 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington	6 hr
Mar 9, 7:33 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Monroe	6 hr
Mar 9, 7:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	83 min
Mar 9, 7:54 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		81 min
Mar 9, 8:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	44 min
Mar 9, 8:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	61 min
Mar 9, 8:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	40 min
Mar 9, 8:41 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	4 hr
Mar 9, 8:48 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	5 hr
Mar 9, 8:50 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	40 min
Mar 9, 9:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	58 min
Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	65 min
Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	50 min
Mar 9, 9:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	44 min
Mar 9, 9:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	59 min
Mar 9, 9:19 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		116 min
Mar 9, 9:23 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Mar 9, 9:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	6 hr
Mar 9, 9:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	49 min
Mar 9, 9:26 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	26 min
Mar 9, 9:36 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	114 min
Mar 9, 9:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	50 min
Mar 9, 9:44 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw	4 hr
Mar 9, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	25 min
Mar 9, 10:09 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	66 min
Mar 9, 10:22 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	5 hr
Mar 9, 10:55 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		80 min
Mar 9, 11:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw	5 hr
Mar 9, 11:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	61 min
Mar 9, 11:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	10 days
Mar 9, 11:54 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	111 min
Mar 9, 11:58 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Mar 9, 12:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington, Wilcox	4 hr
Mar 9, 2:02 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.