Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2011, 9:16 AM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min. 6 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, 9:16 AM CST (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Covington County, AL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:27 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Andalusia, AL | DAMAGE TO METAL AWNING AT ANDALUSIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON HIGHWAY 29 SOUTH. |
| Mar 9, 9:29 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Ene Andalusia, AL | POWER LINE DOWN NEAR SOUTH BYPASS. |
| Mar 9, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Andalusia, AL | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 55 SOUTH NEAR GUARDIAN ANGEL. |
| Mar 9, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Andalusia, AL | POWER LINE DOWN ON BAY BRANCH ROAD. |
| Mar 9, 9:32 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Andalusia, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR AIRPORT ROAD AND SOUTH BYPASS. |
| Mar 9, 9:35 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 E Libertyville, AL | TREE DOWN ON HEAD FARM ROAD. |
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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 743 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
679 WFUS54 KMOB 091516 RRA TORMOB ALC039-091615- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0015.110309T1516Z-110309T1615Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 916 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA... * UNTIL 1015 AM CST * AT 912 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF ANDALUSIA...OR 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAROLINA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LIBERTYVILLE AROUND 925 AM CST... SANFORD AROUND 930 AM CST... BABBIE AROUND 935 AM CST... HORN HILL AROUND 940 AM CST... 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 3103 8640 3121 8671 3148 8661 3144 8623 TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 294DEG 32KT 3127 8657 $$
1 follow-up statement
503 WWUS54 KMOB 091531 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 931 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ALC039-091615- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110309T1615Z/ COVINGTON AL- 931 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY... AT 927 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS NEAR CAROLINA...OR JUST SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LIBERTYVILLE...STANLEY AND STRAUGHN AROUND 935 AM CST... SANFORD...HARMONY AND ANTIOCH AROUND 940 AM CST... HORN HILL...BABBIE...WIGGINS AND EODA AROUND 950 AM CST... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...PREFERABLY IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR A ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF POSSIBLE...GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. LAT...LON 3110 8637 3121 8662 3138 8660 3144 8624 TIME...MOT...LOC 1530Z 275DEG 24KT 3127 8648 $$
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, 8:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 63 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, 9:19 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.