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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 28, 2015, 9:06 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report 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 28, 2015, 9:06 AM CST (15:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2015, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 9:30 AM CST | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Bellview, FL | PUBLIC REPORT VIA PHOTO...LIGHT POLE DOWN ON VEHICLE IN DRUGSTORE PARKING LOT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:41 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567
WFUS54 KMOB 281506
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-281545-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0033.151228T1506Z-151228T1545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
906 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA...
SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 945 AM CST
* AT 905 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ORANGE BEACH...MOVING NORTH AT 45 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...
PENSACOLA AROUND 910 AM CST.
LILLIAN AROUND 920 AM CST.
MYRTLE GROVE AROUND 925 AM CST.
BELLVIEW AROUND 930 AM CST.
ENSLEY AROUND 935 AM CST.
GONZALEZ AROUND 940 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 3032 8749 3034 8742 3036 8743 3040 8743
3040 8740 3044 8734 3045 8735 3047 8742
3043 8740 3032 8755 3031 8757 3069 8747
3062 8726 3055 8721 3033 8735 3030 8744
3031 8747 3029 8750 3029 8751 3030 8751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1505Z 199DEG 40KT 3025 8749
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
326
WWUS54 KMOB 281537
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
937 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
ALC003-281546-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-151228T1545Z/
BALDWIN AL-
937 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA AND NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 3052 8745 3055 8744 3056 8742 3058 8741
3060 8741 3061 8740 3064 8739 3067 8740
3062 8726 3061 8726 3061 8725 3058 8723
3049 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 198DEG 33KT 3054 8737
$$
FLC033-281545-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-151228T1545Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
937 AM CST MON DEC 28 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
AT 936 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR GONZALEZ...MOVING NORTH 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...
GONZALEZ AROUND 945 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 3052 8745 3055 8744 3056 8742 3058 8741
3060 8741 3061 8740 3064 8739 3067 8740
3062 8726 3061 8726 3061 8725 3058 8723
3049 8730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1536Z 198DEG 33KT 3054 8737
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 28, 2:38 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 9 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:16 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 15 hr |
| Dec 28, 7:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 59 min |
| Dec 28, 8:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 2 min |
| Dec 28, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 8:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 51 min |
| Dec 28, 9:20 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 6 days |
| Dec 28, 9:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 45 min |
| Dec 28, 9:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 9:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 53 min |
| Dec 28, 10:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 10:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 57 min |
| Dec 28, 10:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 15 min |
| Dec 28, 11:24 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 36 min |
| Dec 28, 12:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 88 min |
| Dec 28, 12:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Dec 28, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 min |
| Dec 28, 1:59 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 6:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 6:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Dec 28, 6:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 63 min |
| Dec 28, 6:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 57 min |
| Dec 28, 7:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Dec 28, 7:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 47 min |
| Dec 28, 7:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 42 min |
| Dec 28, 8:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Monroe | 30 min |
| Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Dec 28, 8:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 8:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 33 min |
| Dec 28, 8:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 62 min |
| Dec 28, 8:36 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 8:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 46 min |
| Dec 28, 9:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 41 min |
| Dec 28, 9:27 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Dec 28, 9:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 13 min |
| Dec 28, 10:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 44 min |
| Dec 28, 11:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Dec 28, 11:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 26 min |
| Dec 28, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 12 min |
| Dec 28, 12:09 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 96 min |
| Dec 28, 12:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 12:46 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Dec 28, 12:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Dec 28, 1:52 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Dec 28, 1:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Dec 28, 2:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 31 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.