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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 16, 2014, 7:59 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2014, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2014, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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 16, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Chickasaw, AL | LARGE METAL SIGN FROM ROUSES MARKET BLOWN ACROSS ROAD AT CORNER OF US 43 AND US 41 IN SARALAND. |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Chickasaw, AL | POWER LINES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF NORTON AND SENACK IN SARALAND. |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Chickasaw, AL | TREES DOWN ON NORTON AVE. |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Chickasaw, AL | TREES REPORTED DOWN ON LINDA LN. AND FERRY AVE. IN SARALAND. |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Chickasaw, AL | TREES REPORTED DOWN ON LINDA LN. IN SARALAND. |
| Mar 16, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Nne Chickasaw, AL | TREES DOWN AT FERRY AVE. IN SARALAND. |
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 16, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 1142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
528
WFUS54 KMOB 161259
TORMOB
ALC003-097-161330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.140316T1259Z-140316T1330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
759 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BAY MINETTE...
EAST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...SATSUMA...SARALAND...
* UNTIL 830 AM CDT
* AT 756 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SARALAND...
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
I65 AND AL 225 BY 815 AM CDT...
BAY MINETTE AND I65 AND AL 59 BY 820 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3084 8811 3100 8781 3082 8773 3077 8792
3077 8810
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 249DEG 43KT 3083 8805
$$2 follow-up statements
756
WWUS54 KMOB 161312
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
812 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
ALC097-161322-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140316T1330Z/
MOBILE AL-
812 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3079 8792 3093 8791 3095 8790 3095 8787
3096 8788 3100 8781 3082 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 249DEG 43KT 3088 8787
$$
ALC003-161330-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140316T1330Z/
BALDWIN AL-
812 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 810 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THE STRONGEST CIRCULATION HAS JUST
CROSSED THE DELTA INTO NORTHWEST BALDWIN COUNTY AND WAS MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
BAY MINETTE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF PINE GROVE BY 820 AM CDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
&&
LAT...LON 3079 8792 3093 8791 3095 8790 3095 8787
3096 8788 3100 8781 3082 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 1312Z 249DEG 43KT 3088 8787
$$048
WWUS54 KMOB 161321
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
821 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
ALC003-161331-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140316T1330Z/
BALDWIN AL-
821 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT SUNDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3079 8792 3093 8791 3095 8790 3095 8787
3096 8788 3100 8781 3082 8773
TIME...MOT...LOC 1321Z 249DEG 43KT 3092 8775
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 24 min |
| Mar 16, 5:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 5:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 6:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 6:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 8:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 27 min |
| Mar 16, 8:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 62 min |
| Mar 16, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Mar 16, 8:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 38 min |
| Mar 16, 9:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 29 min |
| Mar 16, 9:19 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:48 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Mar 16, 9:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 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.