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Tornado Warning 70, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 22, 2017, 2:11 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 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, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 293 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.
159
WFUS54 KMOB 221911
TORMOB
ALC003-222000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0070.171022T1911Z-171022T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
211 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 300 PM CDT
* At 211 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southeast of Fairhope, moving north at 10 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 300 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.
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 3045 8777 3044 8786 3062 8793 3064 8776
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 172DEG 9KT 3048 8783
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$2 follow-up statements
664
WWUS54 KMOB 221926
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
226 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
ALC003-222000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-171022T2000Z/
Baldwin AL-
226 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 226 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fairhope, moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Daphne around 250 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Motorists should not take shelter under highway overpasses. If you
cannot safely drive away from the tornado, as a last resort, either
park your vehicle and stay put, or abandon your vehicle and lie down
in a low lying area and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3059 8792 3061 8792 3063 8779 3048 8781
3047 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 171DEG 13KT 3053 8784
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$184
WWUS54 KMOB 221945
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
245 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
ALC003-222000-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0070.000000T0000Z-171022T2000Z/
Baldwin AL-
245 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 244 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Baldwin County.
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 3053 8780 3053 8784 3062 8789 3063 8779
TIME...MOT...LOC 1944Z 181DEG 19KT 3060 8781
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 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, 1:36 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, 2:39 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.