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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 3, 2015Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 3, 2015, 3:41 PM CST for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 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
Jan 3, 2015, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2015, 4:15 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 231 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2015-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2015-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

236 
WFUS54 KMOB 032141
TORMOB
ALC003-053-099-032215-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.150103T2141Z-150103T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
341 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 415 PM CST

* AT 340 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF ATMORE...OR 4 MILES NORTH OF
  I65 AND CR 47...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...                 URIAH...
  MCCULLOUGH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3108 8774 3135 8755 3129 8741 3126 8743
      3126 8734 3125 8731 3103 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 220DEG 34KT 3111 8764

$$
2 follow-up statements
704 
WWUS54 KMOB 032151
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
351 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALC003-032200-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150103T2215Z/
BALDWIN AL-
351 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN
COUNTY...

AT 350 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3124 8762 3125 8762 3135 8755 3129 8741
      3126 8743 3126 8734 3125 8731 3106 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 220DEG 34KT 3118 8757

$$

ALC053-099-032215-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150103T2215Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-
351 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CST FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 345 PM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ATMORE...OR 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF
POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POARCH CREEK RESERVATION...                 URIAH...
  MCCULLOUGH...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3124 8762 3125 8762 3135 8755 3129 8741
      3126 8743 3126 8734 3125 8731 3106 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 220DEG 34KT 3118 8757

$$
671 
WWUS54 KMOB 032209
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
409 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

ALC053-099-032216-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150103T2215Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-
409 PM CST SAT JAN 3 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...

AT 409 PM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MONROE AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
415 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3124 8762 3125 8762 3135 8755 3129 8741
      3126 8743 3126 8734 3125 8731 3106 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 220DEG 34KT 3130 8746

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 4:25 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOB38 hr
Jan 3, 12:55 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB50 min
Jan 3, 1:20 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBWashington115 min
Jan 3, 3:13 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB48 hr
Jan 3, 4:24 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe26 min

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.