Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 21, 2017, 3:10 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
- Jun 21, 2017, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2017, 3:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 485 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 506 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted.
168
WFUS54 KMOB 212010
TORMOB
ALC003-212100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0035.170621T2010Z-170621T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
310 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 400 PM CDT
* At 309 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Summerdale, or near Robertsdale, moving northwest
at 30 mph. Another developing circulation and possible tornado was
located near Marlow and also moving northwest at 30 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...
Robertsdale and Silverhill around 315 PM CDT.
Loxley around 325 PM CDT.
Daphne around 335 PM CDT.
Spanish Fort and Stapleton around 345 PM CDT.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3048 8763 3041 8785 3069 8800 3079 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 153DEG 24KT 3050 8771
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
807
WWUS54 KMOB 212021
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
321 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
ALC003-212100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-170621T2100Z/
Baldwin AL-
321 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 319 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Loxley, moving northwest at 30 mph. Another
circulation is being monitored just east of Fairhope, also moving
northwest at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Daphne around 330 PM CDT.
Spanish Fort and Stapleton around 340 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3057 8769 3047 8788 3069 8800 3079 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 150DEG 28KT 3058 8776
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$120
WWUS54 KMOB 212035
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
335 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
ALC003-212045-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-170621T2100Z/
Baldwin AL-
335 PM CDT WED JUN 21 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3057 8769 3047 8788 3069 8800 3079 8775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 153DEG 24KT 3068 8782
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 20, 8:19 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 50 hr |
| Jun 20, 8:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 113 min | |
| Jun 20, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Jun 21, 4:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 48 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 61 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 67 hr |
| Jun 21, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 12 days |
| Jun 21, 8:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 3 days |
| Jun 21, 10:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 12:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Jun 21, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 3:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 52 min |
| Jun 21, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 4:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 days |
| Jun 21, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Jun 21, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 86 min |
| Jun 21, 5:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Jun 21, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Jun 21, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jun 21, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 45 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.