Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 1:18 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 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 4, 2015, 1:18 AM CST (07:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
630
WFUS54 KMOB 040718
TORMOB
ALC003-040800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0003.150104T0718Z-150104T0800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
118 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...
* UNTIL 200 AM CST
* AT 115 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULF SHORES...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BON SECOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERDIDO BEACH... ORANGE BEACH... GULF SHORES...
ELBERTA... BON SECOUR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 8789 3025 8787 3026 8778 3029 8777
3032 8778 3049 8755 3038 8744 3034 8748
3033 8751 3030 8751 3029 8755 3027 8755
3022 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0718Z 228DEG 27KT 3020 8778
$$3 follow-up statements
906
WWUS54 KMOB 040727
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
127 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC003-040800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150104T0800Z/
BALDWIN AL-
127 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 125 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GULF SHORES...OR 4 MILES SOUTH OF BON SECOUR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERDIDO BEACH... ORANGE BEACH... GULF SHORES...
ELBERTA... BON SECOUR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3023 8779 3025 8779 3026 8778 3029 8777
3032 8778 3049 8755 3038 8744 3034 8748
3033 8751 3030 8751 3029 8755 3027 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 229DEG 28KT 3027 8769
$$106
WWUS54 KMOB 040740
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
140 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC003-040800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150104T0800Z/
BALDWIN AL-
140 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 137 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORANGE BEACH...OR 6 MILES EAST OF
BON SECOUR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERDIDO BEACH... ORANGE BEACH... ELBERTA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
&&
LAT...LON 3028 8756 3026 8765 3029 8770 3032 8772
3048 8754 3038 8744 3034 8748 3033 8751
3030 8751 3029 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0741Z 238DEG 29KT 3033 8759
$$825
WWUS54 KMOB 040756
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
156 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
ALC003-040806-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150104T0800Z/
BALDWIN AL-
156 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BALDWIN COUNTY...
AT 153 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN
BALDWIN COUNTY HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...THUS THE TORNADO
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 AM CST.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3028 8756 3026 8765 3029 8770 3032 8772
3048 8754 3038 8744 3034 8748 3033 8751
3030 8751 3029 8755
TIME...MOT...LOC 0756Z 238DEG 29KT 3039 8747
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 8:23 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Jan 4, 12:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 68 min | |
| Jan 4, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 52 min |
| Jan 4, 1:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Jan 4, 2:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 2:05 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Jan 4, 2:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 46 min |
| Jan 4, 2:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 45 min |
| Jan 4, 3:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Jan 4, 4:38 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Jan 4, 5:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 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.