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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 19, 2020, 11:29 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 11:59 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Molino, FL | MEDIA REPORT OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE MOLINO COMMUNITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Apr 20, 12:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Cottage Hill, FL | AN NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND A CORRIDOR OF SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE ON THE NORTH-SIDE OF CANTONMENT, FROM WEST QUINTETTE ROAD EAST SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE ESCAMBIA RIVER (SOUTH OF MCKENZIE ROAD AND EAST OF HIGHWAY95A.) ROOF DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO SOME HOMES WITH SIGNIFI |
| Apr 20, 12:04 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Cottage Hill, FL | SEVERAL HOMES LOST THEIR FENCES AND SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGES. ALSO, A REPORT OF LUMBER SPIKED INTO THE GROUND IN A YARD. REPORTS AND PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 200429
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-200500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0035.200420T0429Z-200420T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1129 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
West central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1129 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 6 miles east of Stapleton, or 10 miles
northeast of Loxley, moving east 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...
Molino around 1200 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 3069 8776 3079 8774 3078 8731 3074 8731
3072 8730 3060 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 276DEG 39KT 3075 8769
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
846
WWUS54 KMOB 200433
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1133 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
ALC003-FLC033-200500-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-200420T0500Z/
Baldwin AL-Escambia FL-
1133 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BALDWIN AND WEST CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
At 1133 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 9 miles east of
Stapleton, or 11 miles northeast of Loxley, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Molino around 1200 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3068 8770 3079 8768 3078 8731 3074 8731
3072 8730 3060 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 276DEG 39KT 3074 8763
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$210
WWUS54 KMOB 200453
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1153 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
ALC003-FLC033-200503-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-200420T0500Z/
Baldwin AL-Escambia FL-
1153 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BALDWIN AND WEST CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT 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 are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect!
LAT...LON 3068 8770 3079 8768 3078 8731 3074 8731
3072 8730 3060 8731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 276DEG 39KT 3072 8739
$$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, 11:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 27 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, 11:41 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 | |
| Apr 19, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 15 min |
| Apr 19, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 62 min |
| Apr 20, 12:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 29 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.