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Tornado Warning 68, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2017, 1:36 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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, 1:36 PM CDT (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -332 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
349
WFUS54 KMOB 221836
TORMOB
ALC003-221900-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0068.171022T1836Z-171022T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
136 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 200 PM CDT
* At 135 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Loxley, moving north at 20 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...
Stapleton around 150 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 3062 8767 3061 8774 3082 8785 3085 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1835Z 167DEG 19KT 3067 8772
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
965
WWUS54 KMOB 221901
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
201 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
ALC003-221910-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0068.000000T0000Z-171022T1900Z/
Baldwin AL-
201 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 3062 8767 3061 8774 3082 8785 3085 8767
TIME...MOT...LOC 1900Z 167DEG 19KT 3079 8775
$$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, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 2 min |
| Oct 22, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 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 |
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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.