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Tornado Warning 61, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 7, 2017, 9:13 PM CDT for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2017, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
945
WFUS54 KMOB 080213
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-080245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0061.171008T0213Z-171008T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
913 PM CDT SAT OCT 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 945 PM CDT
* At 912 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles north of Lillian, or 8 miles west of Gonzalez,
moving northwest 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
east central Baldwin and northwestern Escambia Counties.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3053 8734 3045 8744 3074 8782 3091 8747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0212Z 150DEG 41KT 3053 8743
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 11:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 1:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 27 min |
| Oct 8, 2:06 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 7 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:58 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:06 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 45 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 63 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:20 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 21 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Oct 7, 7:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 67 min | |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 47 min |
| Oct 7, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Oct 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Oct 7, 9:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Oct 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 32 min |
| Oct 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Oct 8, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Monroe, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 3 hr |
| Oct 8, 7:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 8:13 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 17 hr | |
| Oct 8, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 11 hr |
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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.