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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Mobile, AL

June 24, 2020Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2020, 1:19 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 5 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
Jun 24, 2020, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2020, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
56 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), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 1:37 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ne Mobile Regional Ai, ALSEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED NEAR ZEIGLER BLVD AND CODY RD. ANOTHER TREE DOWN NEAR OVERLOOK RD. TRAFFIC SIGNALS DAMAGED. REPORTS AND PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jun 24, 1:39 PM CDTTORNADO2 Ssw Magnolia Grove Go, ALA VERY BRIEF, WEAK EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN JUST NORTH OF ZEIGLER BLVD ON DURBIN COURT AND TRACKED NORTHEAST, LIFTING AS IT APPROACHED THE MOBILE FAIRGROUNDS. THE DAMAGE WITH THE TORNADO WAS VERY SPORADIC AND LIGHT, WITH MAINLY BRANCHES OF SOFTWOOD TREES DAMA
Jun 24, 1:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ese University Of Sou, ALTREES DOWN IN A FEW SPOTS ALONG OLD SHELL RD. REPORTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W I65 And Us 45, ALTREES DOWN ON BOTH WOLF RIDGE RD AND FEED MILL RD. REPORTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jun 24, 1:59 PM CDTMARINE TSTM WIND 45Wallace Tunnel, ALMESONET STATION EW6967 IN DOWNTOWN MOBILE MEASURED A MARINE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 45MPH.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1752 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2020-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
8.3

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The text

As transmitted.

240 
WFUS54 KMOB 241819
TORMOB
ALC003-097-241915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0053.200624T1819Z-200624T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
119 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020

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 215 PM CDT.
    
* At 119 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Big Point, or 10 miles northeast of Escatawpa,
  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...
  Tanner Williams around 130 PM CDT.
  Mobile Regional Airport around 135 PM CDT.
  Semmes around 140 PM CDT.
  Midtown Mobile around 145 PM CDT.
  Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Chickasaw, I65 And AL 158 and I65 And 
  I165 around 150 PM CDT.
  Saraland and Satsuma around 155 PM CDT.
  Creola and Axis around 200 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 3076 8841 3104 8795 3075 8780 3054 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 237DEG 41KT 3061 8846 

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

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington28 min
Jun 23, 7:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBChoctaw94 min
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Washington3 hr
Jun 24, 11:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile, Washington37 min
Jun 24, 12:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke, Washington11 min
Jun 24, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBClarke, Washington42 min
Jun 24, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB89 min
Jun 24, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke38 min
Jun 24, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile66 min
Jun 24, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMonroe41 min
Jun 24, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington56 min
Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh52 min
Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBClarke, Mobile, Washington30 min
Jun 24, 1:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe31 min
Jun 24, 2:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Mobile52 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
Jun 24, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia50 min
Jun 24, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington42 min
Jun 24, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBButler42 min
Jun 24, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox40 min
Jun 24, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia49 min
Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox49 min
Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh, Covington, Escambia46 min
Jun 24, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB60 min
Jun 24, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
Jun 24, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw66 min
Jun 24, 4:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBCovington42 min
Jun 24, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw53 min
Jun 24, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB84 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.