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Tornado Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 28, 2020, 7:47 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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 28, 2020, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2020, 8:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 28, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1145 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
018
WFUS54 KMOB 290047
TORMOB
ALC003-290115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0079.201029T0047Z-201029T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
747 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 746 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Silverhill, or over Robertsdale, moving north at
65 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...
Stapleton around 800 PM CDT.
Bay Minette around 805 PM CDT.
I65 And AL 225 around 810 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 3053 8769 3052 8777 3085 8788 3096 8786
3098 8775 3089 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 172DEG 54KT 3057 8774
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black2 follow-up statements
876
WWUS54 KMOB 290053
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
753 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
ALC003-290115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-201029T0115Z/
Baldwin AL-
753 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 753 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles north of Loxley, moving north at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Bay Minette around 805 PM CDT.
I65 And AL 225 around 810 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3063 8770 3062 8779 3085 8788 3096 8786
3098 8775 3089 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 172DEG 54KT 3068 8776
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
Black218
WWUS54 KMOB 290103
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
803 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
ALC003-290113-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0079.000000T0000Z-201029T0115Z/
Baldwin AL-
803 PM CDT Wed Oct 28 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3063 8770 3062 8779 3085 8788 3096 8786
3098 8775 3089 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 172DEG 54KT 3083 8778
$$
BlackThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 16 min |
| Oct 28, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Oct 28, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Oct 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 5 hr |
| Oct 28, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Oct 28, 9:26 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 5 hr |
| Oct 28, 10:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 116 min | |
| Oct 29, 4:08 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 28 hr |
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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.