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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 9, 2011, 9:26 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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, 9:26 AM CST (15:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2011, 10:15 AM CST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 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, 9:28 AM CST | TORNADO 1 | Mcdavid, FL | ELEVEN HOMES WERE DAMAGED ALONG THE PATH. TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. A HOME ON MAIN STREET WAS SHIFTED OFF OF ITS FOUNDATION...WHILE ANOTHER SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. |
| Mar 9, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Flomaton, AL | ONE TREE DOWN ON POWER LINES. |
| Mar 9, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | Mcdavid, FL | ESCAMBIA COUNTY 911 REPORTED FIVE STRUCTURES WITH HEAVY DAMAGE ALONG THE TWO-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MAIN 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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.
201
WFUS54 KMOB 091526
TORMOB
ALC003-053-FLC033-113-091615-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0016.110309T1526Z-110309T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
926 AM CST WED MAR 9 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOLINO...CENTURY...
NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...
SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FLOMATON...EAST BREWTON...
EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CST
* AT 921 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM FLOMATON TO 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOLINO TO 13
MILES WEST OF MOLINO...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RIVERVIEW...JAY AND MOLINO AROUND 935 AM CST...
DIXONVILLE AND EAST BREWTON AROUND 940 AM CST...
MCLELLAN AROUND 945 AM CST...
MILTON NEAR WHITIN AROUND 950 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 3110 8679 3068 8680 3071 8760 3089 8746
3110 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 1526Z 271DEG 53KT 3101 8726 3085 8729
3071 8745
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 9, 9:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 58 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 9:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 9:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 9:40 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 10:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 66 min |
| Mar 9, 10:17 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 11:03 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 11:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 61 min |
| Mar 9, 11:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 26 min |
| Mar 9, 11:48 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 26 min |
| 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, 9:16 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, 9:26 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, 9:44 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, 10:22 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, 11:30 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.