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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2021, 5:57 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama; Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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 24, 2021, 5:57 AM CDT (10:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:58 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 6:26 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Jay, FL | 911 CALL CENTER REPORTS THAT A LARGE OAK TREE FELL ON A HOME AND KNOCKED POWERLINES DOWN AT 13148 HIGHWAY 89. |
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 24, 1:23 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
798
WUUS54 KMOB 241057
SVRMOB
ALC003-097-FLC033-091-113-241200-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0079.210424T1057Z-210424T1200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
557 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
Northern Okaloosa County in northwestern Florida...
Santa Rosa County in northwestern Florida...
Escambia County in northwestern Florida...
* Until 700 AM CDT.
* At 556 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 5 miles southeast of Castleberry to Flomaton to 7
miles south of Bratt to near Tillmans Corner, moving east at 55
mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Ferry Pass, Brent, West
Pensacola, Ensley, Daphne, Tillmans Corner, Crestview, Fairhope,
Saraland, Gonzalez, Gulf Shores, Bay Minette, Foley, Pace, Milton,
Theodore and Chickasaw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8778 3050 8839 3073 8841 3096 8782
3090 8639 3083 8639 3024 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1056Z 267DEG 47KT 3123 8697 3101 8727 3086 8743 3058
8821
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Black2 follow-up statements
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WWUS54 KMOB 241105
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
605 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
ALC003-097-FLC033-091-113-241200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210424T1200Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
605 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MOBILE...BALDWIN...NORTHERN OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA AND
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
At 602 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 8 miles southeast of Castleberry to Pollard to 8
miles southeast of Bratt to Tillmans Corner, moving east at 55 mph.
Mobile 911 call center reports structural damage and intense winds.
Radar also showing winds near 80 mph a few hundred feet off the
surface.
These are very dangerous storms.
HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect
considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles.
Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Ferry Pass, Brent, West
Pensacola, Ensley, Daphne, Tillmans Corner, Crestview, Fairhope,
Saraland, Gonzalez, Gulf Shores, Bay Minette, Foley, Pace, Milton,
Theodore and Chickasaw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8778 3050 8839 3073 8841 3096 8782
3090 8639 3083 8639 3024 8769
TIME...MOT...LOC 1102Z 267DEG 47KT 3123 8690 3101 8720 3086 8736 3058
8814
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...80MPH
$$
Black027
WWUS54 KMOB 241136
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
636 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
ALC003-097-FLC033-091-113-241200-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210424T1200Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-Okaloosa FL-Santa Rosa FL-Escambia FL-
636 AM CDT Sat Apr 24 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL MOBILE...CENTRAL BALDWIN...NORTHERN OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA
AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
At 636 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Andalusia to 15 miles west of
Laurel Hill to 12 miles northwest of Baker to 5 miles northeast of
Robertsdale, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Midtown Mobile, Downtown Mobile, Prichard, Ferry Pass, Brent, Ensley,
Daphne, Crestview, Fairhope, Gonzalez, Bay Minette, Pace, Milton,
Chickasaw, Spanish Fort, Robertsdale, Bagdad, Loxley, Baker and
Stapleton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8719 3044 8759 3056 8807 3067 8829
3096 8773 3090 8639 3083 8639
TIME...MOT...LOC 1136Z 267DEG 47KT 3125 8640 3103 8671 3088 8687 3060
8765
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BlackThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 7:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 17 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 65 min |
| Apr 24, 3:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 13 min |
| Apr 24, 4:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia and 2 more | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 5:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Apr 24, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 6:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 24 min |
| Apr 24, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 7:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 9:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 18 min |
| Apr 24, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 26 min |
| Apr 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 45 min |
| Apr 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 25 min |
| Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 49 min |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 2 hr |
| Apr 24, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 24, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Monroe, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe, Wilcox | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler | 27 min |
| Apr 24, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 20 min |
| Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 43 min |
| Apr 24, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Monroe | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 40 min |
| Apr 24, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 66 min |
| Apr 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Crenshaw | 64 min |
| Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington | 110 min |
| Apr 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 29 min |
| Apr 24, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 48 min |
| Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 31 min |
| Apr 24, 6:33 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 111 min |
| Apr 24, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 16 min |
| Apr 24, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 min |
| Apr 24, 10:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 14 min |
| Apr 24, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 10:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 4 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 11:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Santa Rosa | 51 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.