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Tornado Warning 66, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 2 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 22, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 1:02 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 299 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
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
897
WFUS54 KMOB 221800
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-221830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0066.171022T1800Z-171022T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
100 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Central Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 130 PM CDT
* At 100 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Foley, moving
north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Fire Department confirmed tornado.
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.
* The tornado will be near...
Elberta around 110 PM CDT.
Foley around 115 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3038 8775 3091 8708 3070 8688 3024 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 168DEG 11KT 3037 8764
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
769
WWUS54 KMOB 221802
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
102 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
ALC003-FLC033-113-221811-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0066.000000T0000Z-171022T1830Z/
Baldwin AL-Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
102 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN...CENTRAL SANTA ROSA
AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3038 8775 3091 8708 3070 8688 3024 8762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 168DEG 11KT 3037 8764
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Oct 22, 12:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 118 min |
| Oct 22, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Oct 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 24 min |
| Oct 22, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 1:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Oct 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Oct 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Oct 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 23 min |
| Oct 22, 3:01 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 44 min | |
| Oct 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 23 min | |
| Oct 22, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Oct 22, 4:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Oct 22, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 114 min |
| Oct 22, 5:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Oct 22, 5:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 60 hr |
| Oct 22, 5:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 hr |
| Oct 22, 8:42 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 3 days |
| Oct 22, 6:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 3 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.