Tornado Warning 118, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Sep 4, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC)

Expired

Sep 4, 2011, 5:15 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS54 KMOB 042115
TORMOB
ALC003-053-FLC033-042215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0118.110904T2115Z-110904T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
  SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES EAST OF
  ROBERTSDALE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SUMMERDALE...MOVING NORTH AT
  25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...                 PERDIDO...
  I65 AND CR 1...       I65 AND AL 21...      ATMORE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 10 IN ALABAMA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND
62.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 65 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 58.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3114 8763 3109 8732 3050 8750 3053 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2115Z 190DEG 23KT 3060 8759

$$

093 
WWUS54 KMOB 042150
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
450 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

ALC003-053-FLC033-042215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0118.000000T0000Z-110904T2215Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-ESCAMBIA FL-BALDWIN AL-
450 PM CDT SUN SEP 4 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BALDWIN...NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA AND SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ELSANOR...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF ROBERTSDALE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
OTHER WEAKER CIRCULATIONS WERE NOTED FURTHER TO THE NORTH AND MAY 
FURTHER INTENSIFY.  

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
GATESWOOD...ROSINTON...AND WALNUT HILL.

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 1000 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

&&

LAT...LON 3114 8763 3109 8732 3050 8750 3053 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 193DEG 20KT 3049 8771

$$

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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.