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Tornado Warning 117, NWS Mobile, AL

September 4, 2011Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 4, 2011, 4:09 PM CDT for 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
Sep 4, 2011, 4:09 PM CDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 4, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2011-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

844 
WFUS54 KMOB 042109
TORMOB
ALC129-042145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0117.110904T2109Z-110904T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
409 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF CHATOM...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SAINT STEPHENS...
  MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BASHI...              RESCUEVILLE...        SILVER CROSS...
  KOENTON...            FRANKVILLE...         BIGBEE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3170 8809 3159 8808 3159 8827 3170 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 2109Z 190DEG 26KT 3163 8814

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:53 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile6 hr
Sep 3, 8:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB43 min
Sep 3, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB51 min
Sep 3, 9:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia12 hr
Sep 3, 10:34 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB41 min
Sep 3, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile64 min
Sep 3, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile62 min
Sep 4, 12:13 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Sep 4, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile61 min
Sep 4, 1:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
Sep 4, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
Sep 4, 1:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile45 min
Sep 4, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Sep 4, 2:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin59 min
Sep 4, 3:16 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB119 min
Sep 4, 3:57 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin42 min
Sep 4, 4:49 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB86 min
Sep 4, 5:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia3 hr
Sep 4, 5:51 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB114 min
Sep 4, 9:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
Sep 4, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington4 days
Sep 4, 9:59 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington5 days
Sep 4, 10:43 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB47 min
Sep 4, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Sep 4, 11:29 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB46 min
Sep 4, 11:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile19 min
Sep 4, 12:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington63 min
Sep 4, 12:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWashington62 min
Sep 4, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington55 min
Sep 4, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke59 min
Sep 4, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia60 min
Sep 4, 4:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin49 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.