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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 4, 2015, 1:23 AM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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, 1:23 AM CST (07:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
248 WFUS54 KMOB 040723 TORMOB ALC053-FLC033-113-040815- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0004.150104T0723Z-150104T0815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 123 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA... EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA... * UNTIL 215 AM CST * AT 120 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH OF CENTURY...OR 7 MILES WEST OF JAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... JAY... FLOMATON... CENTURY... RIVERVIEW... POLLARD... EAST BREWTON... BREWTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 3126 8703 3113 8684 3086 8724 3096 8736 TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 225DEG 29KT 3094 8725 $$
2 follow-up statements
861
WWUS54 KMOB 040735
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
135 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
FLC033-113-040745-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150104T0815Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-
135 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN ESCAMBIA
AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
AT 132 AM CST...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059.
LAT...LON 3100 8712 3100 8719 3105 8726 3125 8702
3114 8686 3113 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 229DEG 34KT 3103 8715
$$
ALC053-040815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150104T0815Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
135 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR EASTERN
ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
AT 132 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF FLOMATON...OR NEAR POLLARD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIVERVIEW... POLLARD... EAST BREWTON...
BREWTON...
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 3100 8712 3100 8719 3105 8726 3125 8702
3114 8686 3113 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 0735Z 229DEG 34KT 3103 8715
$$350 WWUS54 KMOB 040751 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 151 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ALC053-040815- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150104T0815Z/ ESCAMBIA AL- 151 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 148 AM CST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST BREWTON...OR 3 MILES NORTH OF RIVERVIEW... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RIVERVIEW... EAST BREWTON... BREWTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL (800) 284-9059. && LAT...LON 3103 8707 3112 8715 3125 8701 3114 8686 TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 228DEG 33KT 3112 8702 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:53 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia | 67 min |
| 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, 1:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 42 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 |
Nearby
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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.