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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Mobile, AL

April 14, 2019Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 14, 2019, 3:47 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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: Apr 14, 2019, 3:47 AM CDT (08:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2019, 4:15 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 9:33 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 617 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 439 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 458 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 5.5
Supercell composite: 21.8

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The text

As transmitted.

015 
WFUS54 KMOB 140847
TORMOB
ALC003-097-140915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0011.190414T0847Z-190414T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
347 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 415 AM CDT.
    
* At 347 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Satsuma, 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...
  I65 And AL 225 around 400 AM CDT.
  Stockton around 405 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 3087 8808 3116 8781 3102 8763 3081 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0847Z 226DEG 42KT 3086 8802 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

3 follow-up statements

218 
WWUS54 KMOB 140900
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
400 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

ALC003-097-140915-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-190414T0915Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
400 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR EASTERN
MOBILE AND NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...
    
At 400 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over I65 And AL 225, or 9 miles northwest 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
eastern Mobile and northwestern Baldwin 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 3098 8798 3116 8781 3102 8763 3090 8791
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 226DEG 42KT 3097 8789 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

654 
WWUS54 KMOB 140905
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
405 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

ALC097-140914-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-190414T0915Z/
Mobile AL-
405 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out 
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3101 8790 3102 8789 3103 8791 3103 8790
      3104 8790 3107 8788 3107 8787 3116 8781
      3105 8767 3097 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0904Z 226DEG 42KT 3101 8784 

$$

ALC003-140915-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-190414T0915Z/
Baldwin AL-
405 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
    
At 404 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Stockton, or 9 miles northwest 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.

Locations impacted include...
Stockton.

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 3101 8790 3102 8789 3103 8791 3103 8790
      3104 8790 3107 8788 3107 8787 3116 8781
      3105 8767 3097 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0904Z 226DEG 42KT 3101 8784 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

395 
WWUS54 KMOB 140906
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
406 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

ALC003-140916-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-190414T0915Z/
Baldwin AL-
406 AM CDT Sun Apr 14 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
415 AM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3101 8790 3102 8789 3103 8791 3103 8790
      3104 8790 3107 8788 3107 8787 3116 8781
      3105 8767 3097 8785
TIME...MOT...LOC 0906Z 226DEG 42KT 3103 8782 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 7:32 PM CDT	Coastal Flood Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	7 hr
Apr 13, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	33 min
Apr 13, 11:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	25 min
Apr 13, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	43 min
Apr 14, 12:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	44 min
Apr 14, 12:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	57 min
Apr 14, 12:22 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	53 min
Apr 14, 12:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	49 min
Apr 14, 1:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	46 min
Apr 14, 2:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile, Washington	50 min
Apr 14, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw	39 min
Apr 14, 3:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	35 min
Apr 14, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Apr 14, 3:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	3 hr
Apr 14, 4:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe	3 hr
Apr 14, 4:27 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Apr 14, 4:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw	42 min
Apr 14, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
Apr 14, 5:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	3 hr
Apr 14, 5:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Escambia	44 min
Apr 14, 5:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	3 hr
Apr 14, 5:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	49 min
Apr 14, 5:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	53 min
Apr 14, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
Apr 14, 6:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	49 min
Apr 14, 6:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	36 min
Apr 14, 6:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia	3 hr
Apr 14, 6:43 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	17 min
Apr 14, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		94 min
Apr 14, 7:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Crenshaw	35 min
Apr 14, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	23 min
Apr 14, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		37 min
Apr 14, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		34 min
Apr 14, 8:49 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		3 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.