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Tornado Warning 131, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2011, 5:24 AM CDT for Greene County, Wayne County, Mississippi; Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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 5, 2011, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2011, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Washington County, AL, Greene County, MS, Wayne County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1653 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
525 WFUS54 KMOB 051024 TORMOB ALC129-MSC041-153-051115- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0131.110905T1024Z-110905T1115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 524 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 615 AM CDT * AT 521 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF LEAKESVILLE...OR 16 MILES EAST OF MCLAIN...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STATE LINE... LEAKESVILLE... VINEGAR BEND... MILLRY... FRUITDALE... CHATOM... 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 MANUFACTURED 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 700 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3167 8843 3158 8816 3104 8849 3108 8864 TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 202DEG 35KT 3111 8855 $$
4 follow-up statements
242 WWUS54 KMOB 051039 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 539 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ALC129-MSC041-153-051115- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110905T1115Z/ WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS-GREENE MS- 539 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 535 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROUNSAVILLE...OR NEAR LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... VINEGAR BEND AROUND 545 AM CDT... ESCATAWPA AND FOUR POINT AROUND 550 AM CDT... FRUITDALE AROUND 555 AM CDT... YELLOW PINE AROUND 600 AM CDT... LATON HILL AROUND 610 AM CDT... YARBO AROUND 615 AM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. && LAT...LON 3116 8843 3119 8856 3167 8843 3158 8816 TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 207DEG 32KT 3122 8848 $$
048
WWUS54 KMOB 051052
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
552 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
MSC153-051101-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110905T1115Z/
WAYNE MS-
552 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 549 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL PASS EAST OF WAYNE
COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WAYNE
COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3158 8816 3157 8816 3127 8839 3132 8848
3144 8846 3144 8845 3149 8845 3167 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1051Z 204DEG 34KT 3133 8842
$$
ALC129-MSC041-051115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110905T1115Z/
WASHINGTON AL-GREENE MS-
552 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES...
AT 549 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRUITDALE...OR 13
MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
YELLOW PINE BY 600 AM CDT...
LATON HILL...FITEE AND JORDAN BY 610 AM CDT...
BARLOW...YARBO...LOPER AND CARPENTER BY 615 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3158 8816 3157 8816 3127 8839 3132 8848
3144 8846 3144 8845 3149 8845 3167 8843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1051Z 204DEG 34KT 3133 8842
$$492
WWUS54 KMOB 051057 RRA
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
557 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
MSC041-051106-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110905T1115Z/
GREENE MS-
557 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 553 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD MOVED NORTHEASTWARD OUT
OF GREENE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED FOR GREENE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3132 8838 3134 8844 3144 8843 3166 8840
3158 8816 3157 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 204DEG 34KT 3138 8840
$$
ALC129-051115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110905T1115Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
557 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 553 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRUITDALE...OR 16
MILES NORTHEAST OF LEAKESVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LATON HILL...FITEE AND JORDAN BY 610 AM CDT...
BARLOW...YARBO...LOPER AND CARPENTER BY 615 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3132 8838 3134 8844 3144 8843 3166 8840
3158 8816 3157 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 204DEG 34KT 3138 8840
$$178
WWUS54 KMOB 051107
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
607 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
ALC129-051115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0131.000000T0000Z-110905T1115Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
607 AM CDT MON SEP 5 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTY...
AT 602 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATON HILL...OR 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BARLOW...YARBO...LOPER AND CARPENTER BY 615 AM CDT...
A NEW TORNADO WARNING MAY SOON BE ISSUED FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY.
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 400 PM CDT MONDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3140 8834 3142 8840 3148 8841 3165 8838
3158 8816 3157 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 202DEG 34KT 3146 8836
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 62 min |
| Sep 4, 9:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Sep 5, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 50 min |
| Sep 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Sep 4, 9:58 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MOB | 15 hr | |
| Sep 4, 10:24 PM CDT | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 4, 10:24 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 4, 10:26 PM CDT | Gale Warning | MOB | 21 hr | |
| Sep 5, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Sep 5, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 2:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 16 min |
| Sep 5, 2:24 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 15 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 112 min | |
| Sep 5, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 4:38 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 29 hr | |
| Sep 5, 4:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Sep 5, 5:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Sep 5, 6:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 19 min |
| Sep 5, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Sep 5, 7:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 7:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Sep 5, 8:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Sep 5, 8:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 50 min |
| Sep 5, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 65 min |
| Sep 5, 8:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 45 min |
| Sep 5, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Sep 5, 9:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 9:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Sep 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Sep 5, 9:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 61 min |
| Sep 5, 10:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 14 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 40 min |
| Sep 5, 10:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 38 min |
| Sep 5, 10:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 62 min |
| Sep 5, 11:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 107 min | |
| Sep 5, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 12:54 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 6 hr |
Nearby
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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.