Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2018
Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 1, 2018, 7:25 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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
- Nov 1, 2018, 7:25 AM CDT (12:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 1, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 5:27 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
015
WFUS54 KMOB 011225
TORMOB
ALC003-011300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.181101T1225Z-181101T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
725 AM CDT THU NOV 1 2018
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 800 AM CDT.
* At 724 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Downtown Mobile, moving northeast at 50 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 740 AM 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 3073 8799 3091 8767 3076 8756 3065 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 245DEG 43KT 3069 8799
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
043
WWUS54 KMOB 011238
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
738 AM CDT THU NOV 1 2018
ALC003-011300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-181101T1300Z/
Baldwin AL-
738 AM CDT THU NOV 1 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 738 AM CDT, a severe squall line capable of producing both
tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage was located over
Stapleton, or 8 miles south of Bay Minette, moving northeast at 50
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Baldwin County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3075 8790 3091 8767 3076 8756 3069 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 1238Z 245DEG 43KT 3076 8781
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$736
WWUS54 KMOB 011249
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
749 AM CDT THU NOV 1 2018
ALC003-011300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-181101T1300Z/
Baldwin AL-
749 AM CDT THU NOV 1 2018
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 748 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southeast of Bay Minette, moving northeast at 50
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
central 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3080 8776 3088 8765 3076 8756 3073 8771
TIME...MOT...LOC 1248Z 245DEG 43KT 3081 8767
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 6:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 41 min |
| Nov 1, 6:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Nov 1, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 42 min |
| Nov 1, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Nov 1, 6:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 40 min |
| Nov 1, 7:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 31 min |
| Nov 1, 7:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 27 min |
| Nov 1, 7:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 7:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 8:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 8:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 42 min |
| Nov 1, 8:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Nov 1, 8:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Nov 1, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 51 min |
| Nov 1, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh | 47 min |
| Nov 1, 9:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Nov 1, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Nov 1, 9:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Nov 1, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Nov 1, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Nov 1, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Nov 1, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Nov 1, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.