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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 22, 2018, 3:25 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2018, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Foley, AL | SEVEN OVER TURNED TRAILERS AT ANCHORS RV PARK. MINOR DAMAGE TO A LOWES PARKING LOT. |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Foley, AL | SEVEN OVER TURNED TRAILERS AT ANCHORS RV PARK. MINOR DAMAGE TO A LOWES PARKING LOT. |
| Apr 22, 3:25 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 S Foley, AL | *** 3 INJ *** AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AT THE ANCHORS AWEIGH RV RESORT WHERE 5 RVS WERE OVERTURNED. 3 PEOPLE INSIDE THE RVS WERE INJURED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST TO JUST EAST OF HWY 59 AND CR-20. MINOR DAMAGE TO A CONVENIENCE STORY CANOPY AND TO TH |
| Apr 22, 3:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elberta, AL | TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HWY 87 NORTH OF HWY 98 NEAR ELBERTA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 22, 3:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Elberta, AL | TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN ALONG HWY 87 NORTH OF HWY 98 NEAR ELBERTA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 22, 3:38 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Nne Elberta, AL | AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CHATELAINE DR AND CR-87. A FEW HOMES EXPERIENCED SHINGLE DAMAGE. SOME TREES UPROOTED. THE TORNADO CONTINUED MOVING ALMOST DUE NORTH, PARALLELING CR-87, AND LIFTED NORTH OF THE DIXIE RD INTERSECTION. ISOLATE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
967
WFUS54 KMOB 222025
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-222100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0010.180422T2025Z-180422T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
325 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 400 PM CDT.
* At 325 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Foley, moving northeast at 25 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...
Foley around 330 PM CDT.
Elberta around 335 PM CDT.
Summerdale around 340 PM CDT.
Robertsdale around 350 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 3031 8763 3035 8777 3065 8767 3052 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 203DEG 22KT 3038 8768
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
363
WWUS54 KMOB 222041
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
341 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
ALC003-FLC033-222100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-180422T2100Z/
Baldwin AL-Escambia FL-
341 PM CDT SUN APR 22 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
At 341 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles east of Summerdale, or 5 miles northeast of
Foley, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Weather spotters reported a funnel cloud.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Baldwin and central Escambia Counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3037 8756 3043 8769 3065 8767 3052 8736
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 203DEG 22KT 3047 8763
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 12:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 12:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Apr 22, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 28 min |
| Apr 22, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 23 min |
| Apr 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 19 min |
| Apr 22, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 13 min |
| Apr 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Apr 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Apr 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Apr 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Apr 22, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 22 min |
| Apr 22, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 35 min |
| Apr 22, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.