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Tornado Warning 56, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 50 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
- Jun 24, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2020, 3:01 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 1:36 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 194 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
843
WFUS54 KMOB 241911
TORMOB
ALC003-053-FLC033-242015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0056.200624T1911Z-200624T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
211 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Southwestern Escambia County in south central Alabama...
Northwestern Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 315 PM CDT.
* At 211 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles south of I65 And AL 225, or 5 miles west of Bay
Minette, moving northeast 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...
Bay Minette and Stockton around 215 PM CDT.
Poarch Creek Reservation around 235 PM CDT.
I65 And CR 1 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 3092 8794 3093 8792 3092 8791 3093 8791
3093 8790 3095 8790 3094 8788 3095 8787
3097 8789 3122 8759 3092 8745 3081 8790
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 233DEG 46KT 3089 8787
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
342
WWUS54 KMOB 241927
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
227 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020
ALC003-053-FLC033-242015-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-200624T2015Z/
Baldwin AL-Escambia AL-Escambia FL-
227 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA
COUNTIES...
At 226 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles northeast of Bay Minette, moving northeast at
55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
I65 And CR 1 and Poarch Creek Reservation around 235 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3091 8773 3097 8777 3122 8759 3092 8745
3091 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 231DEG 61KT 3098 8768
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$644
WWUS54 KMOB 242001
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
301 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020
ALC003-053-FLC033-242010-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0056.000000T0000Z-200624T2015Z/
Baldwin AL-Escambia AL-Escambia FL-
301 PM CDT Wed Jun 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BALDWIN...SOUTHWESTERN
ESCAMBIA AND NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened. Therefore, the
warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
south central and southwestern Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
LAT...LON 3091 8773 3097 8777 3122 8759 3092 8745
3091 8765
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 233DEG 46KT 3124 8727
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 94 min |
| Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 11 min |
| Jun 24, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 min | |
| Jun 24, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 1:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Monroe | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Jun 24, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Jun 24, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Jun 24, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Jun 24, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 42 min |
| Jun 24, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 53 min |
| Jun 24, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Jun 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.