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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
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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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 4:25 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | 38 hr | |
| Jan 3, 12:55 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Jan 3, 1:20 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Washington | 115 min |
| Jan 3, 3:13 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 48 hr | |
| Jan 3, 4:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.