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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2017, 6:43 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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
- Oct 7, 2017, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2017, 6:59 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
751
WFUS54 KMOB 072343
TORMOB
ALC003-080015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0057.171007T2343Z-171008T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
643 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 715 PM CDT
* At 643 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles southwest of Gulf Shores, moving northwest 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...
Bon Secour around 655 PM CDT.
Point Clear around 715 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8796 3030 8805 3036 8811 3037 8811
3042 8804 3053 8788 3022 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 140DEG 37KT 3018 8775
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
483
WWUS54 KMOB 072359
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
659 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
ALC003-080008-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-171008T0015Z/
Baldwin AL-
659 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3022 8796 3030 8805 3036 8811 3037 8811
3042 8804 3053 8788 3022 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 140DEG 37KT 3030 8787
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 9:36 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 3 days |
| Oct 6, 9:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 66 hr |
| Oct 7, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 hr |
| Oct 7, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Oct 7, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Oct 7, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 35 min |
| Oct 7, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Oct 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Oct 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 33 min |
| Oct 7, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Oct 7, 6:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 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.