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Tornado Warning 50, NWS Mobile, AL

November 7, 2019Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 7, 2019, 2:01 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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 7, 2019, 2:01 PM CST (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Nov 7, 2019, 2:30 PM CST
In force: 29 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), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 177 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: 795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

768 
WFUS54 KMOB 072001
TORMOB
ALC003-072030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0050.191107T2001Z-191107T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
201 PM CST Thu Nov 7 2019

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 230 PM CST.
    
* At 200 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 5 miles northwest of Spanish Fort, moving east 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Baldwin County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! A tornado is likely moving onshore. Stay away from
beaches and the immediate shoreline. Move to 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.

If on or near Mobile Bay Delta, get away from the water and move to 
safe shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close 
enough to be struck by lightning. Severe thunderstorms can produce 
large capsizing waves, even on small bodies of water. Move into dock 
and seek safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a 
thunderstorm.

&&

LAT...LON 3070 8799 3076 8799 3080 8786 3070 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 259DEG 9KT 3072 8796 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

115 
WWUS54 KMOB 072027
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
227 PM CST Thu Nov 7 2019

ALC003-072037-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0050.000000T0000Z-191107T2030Z/
Baldwin AL-
227 PM CST Thu Nov 7 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
230 PM CST...
                
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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Mobile.

LAT...LON 3070 8799 3076 8799 3080 8786 3070 8784
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 259DEG 9KT 3073 8789 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 7, 3:49 AM CST	Small Craft Advisory	MOB		48 hr
Nov 7, 9:37 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	23 min
Nov 7, 1:36 PM CST	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	24 min
Nov 7, 2:12 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		63 min
Nov 7, 3:10 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	20 min
Nov 7, 3:18 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
Nov 7, 4:31 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Nov 7, 5:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Conecuh	55 min
Nov 7, 5:34 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	41 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.