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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2020, 11:03 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 27 min. 4 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 19, 2020, 11:03 PM CDT (04:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2020, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:06 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Ese Mobile Regional A, AL | THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST SOUTH OF HITT ROAD IN THE SMITHFIELD SUBDIVISION AND TRACKED SOUTHEAST FOR APPROXIMATELY 3.1 MILES BEFORE LIFTING JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HILLCREST RD AND COTTAGE HILL RD. THE TORNADO PRODUCED SPORADIC EF-0 AND EF-1 |
| Apr 19, 11:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Mobile Regional Ai, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. TREE DAMAGED A BOAT TRAILER. LIMBS AND LEAF DEBRIS NOTED ALL ALONG MCFARLAND RD/SNOW RD AREA. SIMILAR DAMAGE IN THE SPRING GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD. REPORTS VIA HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Apr 19, 11:07 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Mobile Regional Air, AL | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. FENCE BLOWN DOWN. |
| Apr 19, 11:22 PM CDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 43 | 1 Ne Hollingers Island, AL | MESONET STATION ON THE DOG RIVER MEASURED A MARINE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 43 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 19, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2097 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.5
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS54 KMOB 200403
TORMOB
ALC097-200430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0032.200420T0403Z-200420T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1103 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 1130 PM CDT.
* At 1103 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Mobile Regional Airport, or 8 miles
northwest of Tillmans Corner, moving southeast at 55 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...
Tillmans Corner around 1110 PM CDT.
Theodore and I10 And I65 around 1115 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 3065 8836 3072 8831 3060 8793 3043 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 294DEG 48KT 3066 8828
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
051
WWUS54 KMOB 200410
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1110 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
ALC097-200430-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-200420T0430Z/
Mobile AL-
1110 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY...
At 1109 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Tillmans Corner,
moving southeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Public confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Mobile County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3062 8831 3070 8823 3060 8793 3043 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 293DEG 47KT 3063 8820
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$368
WWUS54 KMOB 200421
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1121 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
ALC097-200430-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-200420T0430Z/
Mobile AL-
1121 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY...
At 1121 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles southeast of I10 And I65, or 5 miles east of
Theodore, moving southeast 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.
Locations impacted include...
Theodore.
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 3055 8820 3062 8809 3060 8793 3043 8799
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 296DEG 39KT 3056 8808
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 19, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 22 min |
| Apr 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 8:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:24 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox | 8 days |
| Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 19, 9:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe, Washington | 3 hr |
| Apr 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Washington | 24 min |
| Apr 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile | 19 min |
| Apr 19, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 25 min |
| Apr 19, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Apr 19, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 35 min |
| Apr 19, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 53 min | |
| Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 51 min |
| Apr 19, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 11:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 38 min |
| Apr 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Apr 19, 11:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Apr 19, 11:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Apr 19, 11:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 47 min |
| Apr 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Apr 19, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 11:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Apr 20, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 113 min | |
| Apr 20, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 12:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Apr 20, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Apr 20, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 66 min |
| Apr 20, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 35 min | |
| Apr 20, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 43 min | |
| Apr 20, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 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.