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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 4, 2019, 2:13 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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
- May 4, 2019, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2019, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1718 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted.
676
WFUS54 KMOB 041913
TORMOB
ALC003-097-041945-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0013.190504T1913Z-190504T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
213 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
West central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 245 PM CDT.
* At 213 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over I10 And I65, or near Midtown Mobile, moving
northeast at 45 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...
Downtown Mobile around 220 PM CDT.
Spanish Fort around 230 PM CDT.
Stapleton around 240 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 3063 8817 3086 8795 3074 8778 3058 8812
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 230DEG 37KT 3064 8811
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
192
WWUS54 KMOB 041930
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
230 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019
ALC097-041940-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190504T1945Z/
Mobile AL-
230 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3059 8812 3062 8811 3063 8806 3064 8806
3066 8804 3065 8803 3075 8805 3075 8804
3079 8801 3079 8799 3081 8800 3082 8799
3082 8797 3084 8797 3082 8796 3082 8795
3084 8796 3086 8795 3074 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 230DEG 37KT 3076 8795
$$
ALC003-041945-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190504T1945Z/
Baldwin AL-
230 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 230 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 6 miles northwest of Spanish Fort, moving northeast at 45
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 240 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 3059 8812 3062 8811 3063 8806 3064 8806
3066 8804 3065 8803 3075 8805 3075 8804
3079 8801 3079 8799 3081 8800 3082 8799
3082 8797 3084 8797 3082 8796 3082 8795
3084 8796 3086 8795 3074 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 230DEG 37KT 3076 8795
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$041
WWUS54 KMOB 041945
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
245 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019
ALC003-041955-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190504T1945Z/
Baldwin AL-
245 PM CDT Sat May 4 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for
southwestern Alabama.
LAT...LON 3059 8812 3062 8811 3063 8806 3064 8806
3066 8804 3065 8803 3075 8805 3075 8804
3079 8801 3079 8799 3081 8800 3082 8799
3082 8797 3084 8797 3082 8796 3082 8795
3084 8796 3086 8795 3074 8778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 230DEG 37KT 3085 8782
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 50 min |
| May 4, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 63 min |
| May 4, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| May 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| May 4, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 48 min |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| May 4, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| May 4, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| May 4, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 33 min |
| May 4, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 24 min |
| May 4, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 36 min |
| May 4, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 43 min |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 60 min |
| May 4, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 116 min | |
| May 4, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| May 4, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Wilcox | 56 min |
| May 4, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| May 4, 4:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 56 min |
| May 4, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 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.