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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

December 23, 2015Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 23, 2015, 6:38 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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
Dec 23, 2015, 6:38 AM CST (12:38 UTC)
Expired
Dec 23, 2015, 7:15 AM CST
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:39 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 23, 6:48 AM CSTTSTM WND DMG2 N Theodore, ALTREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON OLD PASCAGOULA RD. NEAR CARROL PLANTATION RD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Dec 23, 7:00 AM CSTHAIL 26 Ssw Downtown Mobile, AL2 INCH HAIL REPORTED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA. SIZE ESTIMATED FROM VIEWER PHOTO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2015-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2015-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

474 
WFUS54 KMOB 231238
TORMOB
ALC003-097-231315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0019.151223T1238Z-151223T1315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
638 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
  SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...

* UNTIL 715 AM CST
    
* AT 638 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BAYOU LA BATRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TILLMANS CORNER AND BELLE FONTAINE AROUND 645 AM CST.
  I10 AND I65 AROUND 650 AM CST.
  DAPHNE AND FAIRHOPE AROUND 700 AM CST.
  SPANISH FORT AND DAPHNE--FAIRHOPE AROUND 705 AM CST.
  LOXLEY AND STAPLETON AROUND 710 AM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3038 8826 3050 8834 3068 8804 3067 8803
      3065 8794 3066 8798 3066 8793 3068 8799
      3070 8796 3068 8802 3083 8779 3060 8763
      3048 8793 3044 8810 3041 8811 3036 8821
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 240DEG 49KT 3047 8822 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
1 follow-up statement
065 
WWUS54 KMOB 231305
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
705 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

ALC097-231314-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-151223T1315Z/
MOBILE AL-
705 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3048 8793 3055 8790 3065 8792 3064 8792
      3065 8793 3066 8796 3066 8793 3067 8796
      3068 8795 3068 8798 3069 8796 3070 8797
      3069 8800 3073 8794 3071 8794 3074 8793
      3083 8779 3060 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 242DEG 35KT 3058 8796 

$$

ALC003-231315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-151223T1315Z/
BALDWIN AL-
705 AM CST WED DEC 23 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 AM CST FOR WEST
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
    
AT 704 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR DAPHNE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  DAPHNE AROUND 710 AM CST.
  SPANISH FORT...LOXLEY AND DAPHNE--FAIRHOPE AROUND 715 AM CST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3048 8793 3055 8790 3065 8792 3064 8792
      3065 8793 3066 8796 3066 8793 3067 8796
      3068 8795 3068 8798 3069 8796 3070 8797
      3069 8800 3073 8794 3071 8794 3074 8793
      3083 8779 3060 8763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1304Z 242DEG 35KT 3058 8796 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 22, 10:01 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryMOB24 hr
Dec 23, 2:27 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB33 min
Dec 23, 2:34 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile41 min
Dec 23, 3:47 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB43 min
Dec 23, 4:46 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile29 min
Dec 23, 4:56 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB49 min
Dec 23, 5:23 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin67 min
Dec 23, 5:49 AM CSTRip Current StatementMOBBaldwin, Mobile36 hr
Dec 23, 6:11 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile49 min
Dec 23, 6:32 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBMobile3 hr
Dec 23, 6:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile42 min
Dec 23, 6:36 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB54 min
Dec 23, 6:50 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
Dec 23, 7:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin43 min
Dec 23, 7:12 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin48 min
Dec 23, 7:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia65 min
Dec 23, 8:07 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw53 min
Dec 23, 8:38 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia67 min
Dec 23, 8:55 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBCovington, Escambia13 days
Dec 23, 8:56 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia4 days
Dec 23, 8:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin61 hr
Dec 23, 9:32 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw28 min
Dec 23, 9:51 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw54 min
Dec 23, 11:25 AM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryMOB4 days
Dec 23, 11:30 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBBaldwin24 hr
Dec 23, 11:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningMOBEscambia33 hr
Dec 23, 11:33 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningMOBMobile6 hr
Dec 23, 12:29 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCrenshaw46 min
Dec 23, 1:11 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBWilcox34 min
Dec 23, 1:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington43 min
Dec 23, 1:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox46 min
Dec 23, 2:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChoctaw49 min
Dec 23, 3:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw38 min
Dec 23, 5:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw42 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.