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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 10, 2020, 5:28 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 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
- Oct 10, 2020, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2020, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 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), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 778 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 402 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 470 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted.
979
WFUS54 KMOB 101028
TORMOB
ALC097-101045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0067.201010T1028Z-201010T1045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
528 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 545 AM CDT.
* At 528 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles north of Alabama Port, or 7 miles southeast of
Theodore, moving north at 50 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
south central Mobile County.
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 3039 8809 3041 8814 3065 8811 3062 8795
TIME...MOT...LOC 1028Z 197DEG 44KT 3045 8811
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black1 follow-up statement
668
WWUS54 KMOB 101034
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
534 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
ALC097-101045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-201010T1045Z/
Mobile AL-
534 AM CDT Sat Oct 10 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY...
At 534 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles east of Theodore, moving north at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Mobile County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8813 3065 8811 3062 8795 3045 8805
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 197DEG 44KT 3052 8808
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BlackThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| Oct 10, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Oct 10, 4:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Oct 10, 4:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 37 min |
| Oct 10, 5:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Oct 10, 5:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Oct 10, 5:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Oct 10, 5:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Oct 10, 5:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile | 18 min |
| Oct 10, 5:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 31 min |
| Oct 10, 5:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 12 min |
| Oct 10, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Oct 10, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Oct 10, 9:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Oct 10, 9:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 11 hr |
| Oct 10, 11:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Oct 10, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Oct 10, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 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.