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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

April 25, 2015Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2015, 5:41 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. 3 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: Apr 25, 2015, 5:41 AM CDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2015, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 25, 5:45 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Pineview, AL	BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO TREES DOWN IN THE ROAD ON SARDINE RD NEAR HALLS CREEK RD. NO INJURIES REPORTED. TIME OF DOWNED TREES ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 25, 5:50 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 N Pollard, AL	MEDIA REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF BREWTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 25, 5:56 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Nnw Brewton, AL	12-15 INCH DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED OFF MISTY LANE NEAR BREWTON. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Apr 25, 5:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

794 
WFUS54 KMOB 251041
TORMOB
ALC053-FLC033-113-251115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0009.150425T1041Z-150425T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
541 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...
  NORTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
  NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
    
* AT 541 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FLOMATON...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ATMORE...              BREWTON...             EAST BREWTON...
  CENTURY...             FLOMATON...            JAY...
  RIVERVIEW...           POLLARD...             WHITFIELD...
  PINEVIEW...            WALNUT HILL...         PEA RIDGE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN
DETECTED AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3080 8750 3104 8756 3126 8707 3126 8702
      3089 8686
TIME...MOT...LOC 1041Z 255DEG 47KT 3100 8733 
$$

2 follow-up statements

104 
WWUS54 KMOB 251102
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
602 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

FLC033-251109-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150425T1115Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
602 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 559 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. 
THUS...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 3089 8686 3085 8719 3097 8721 3099 8717
      3100 8718 3100 8722 3105 8723 3113 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 255DEG 47KT 3106 8705 

$$

ALC053-FLC113-251115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150425T1115Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-
602 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND NORTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES...
    
AT 559 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST BREWTON...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIVERVIEW...           POLLARD...             WHITFIELD...
KEEGO...               WELKA...               FIDELIS...
COBBTOWN...            BERRYDALE...           SELLERSVILLE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED...IT MEANS STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN
DETECTED AND A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.

TAKE COVER NOW. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3089 8686 3085 8719 3097 8721 3099 8717
      3100 8718 3100 8722 3105 8723 3113 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1059Z 255DEG 47KT 3106 8705 
$$

747 
WWUS54 KMOB 251107
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
607 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

ALC053-FLC113-251116-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150425T1115Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-
607 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN
SANTA ROSA COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 606 AM CDT...THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTIES HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
615 AM CDT.

LAT...LON 3089 8686 3085 8719 3097 8721 3099 8717
      3100 8718 3100 8722 3105 8723 3113 8696
TIME...MOT...LOC 1105Z 255DEG 47KT 3106 8705 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	37 min
Apr 25, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	33 min
Apr 25, 4:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Apr 25, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	32 min
Apr 25, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	43 min
Apr 25, 5:54 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	36 min
Apr 25, 6:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	61 min
Apr 25, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Escambia	39 min
Apr 25, 7:09 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		36 min
Apr 25, 7:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw	60 min
Apr 25, 1:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	62 min
Apr 25, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	24 min
Apr 25, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	60 min
Apr 25, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	43 min
Apr 25, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe	27 min
Apr 25, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		51 min
Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	64 min
Apr 25, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	53 min
Apr 25, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	57 min
Apr 25, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		84 min
Apr 25, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Covington, Crenshaw	24 min
Apr 25, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		39 min
Apr 25, 6:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	47 min
Apr 25, 6:33 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	12 min
Apr 25, 6:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	27 min
Apr 25, 7:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	3 hr
Apr 25, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	53 min
Apr 25, 4:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.