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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 6:48 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Theodore, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ON OLD PASCAGOULA RD. NEAR CARROL PLANTATION RD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Dec 23, 7:00 AM CST | HAIL 2 | 6 Ssw Downtown Mobile, AL | 2 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 10:01 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 24 hr | |
| Dec 23, 2:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Dec 23, 2:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 23, 3:47 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Dec 23, 4:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 29 min |
| Dec 23, 4:56 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Dec 23, 5:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 67 min |
| Dec 23, 5:49 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:11 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 6:32 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 6:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| Dec 23, 6:36 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Dec 23, 6:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Dec 23, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 7:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Dec 23, 7:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 65 min |
| Dec 23, 8:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 53 min |
| Dec 23, 8:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 67 min |
| Dec 23, 8:55 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 13 days |
| Dec 23, 8:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 days |
| Dec 23, 8:58 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 hr |
| Dec 23, 9:32 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Dec 23, 9:51 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 54 min |
| Dec 23, 11:25 AM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 4 days | |
| Dec 23, 11:30 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:32 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:33 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 1:11 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 34 min |
| Dec 23, 1:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Dec 23, 1:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 46 min |
| Dec 23, 2:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 49 min |
| Dec 23, 3:07 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| Dec 23, 5:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 42 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.