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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2021, 7:30 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
- Aug 29, 2021, 7:30 AM CDT (12:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 13 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted.
020
WFUS54 KMOB 291230
TORMOB
ALC097-291300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0047.210829T1230Z-210829T1300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
730 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 800 AM CDT.
* At 730 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Fort Morgan, or near Dauphin Island, moving
northwest at 40 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...
Dauphin Island around 735 AM CDT.
Alabama Port around 745 AM CDT.
Bayou La Batre and Coden around 755 AM 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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8813 3041 8838 3048 8811 3024 8798
3023 8802 3023 8798 3022 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1230Z 135DEG 33KT 3023 8806
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
MM2 follow-up statements
561
WWUS54 KMOB 291243
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
743 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
ALC097-291300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210829T1300Z/
Mobile AL-
743 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY...
At 743 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles southeast of Coden, or 5 miles southeast of Bayou
La Batre, moving northwest at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Bayou La Batre around 750 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3022 8813 3041 8838 3048 8811 3024 8798
3023 8802 3023 8798 3022 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1243Z 134DEG 36KT 3034 8819
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
MM660
WWUS54 KMOB 291258
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
758 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
ALC097-291308-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0047.000000T0000Z-210829T1300Z/
Mobile AL-
758 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
800 AM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3022 8813 3041 8838 3048 8811 3024 8798
3023 8802 3023 8798 3022 8797
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 135DEG 33KT 3043 8829
$$
MMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 9:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 55 min | |
| Aug 28, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 1:30 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 57 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:36 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 39 min | |
| Aug 29, 4:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 13 min | |
| Aug 29, 6:33 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Aug 29, 6:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Aug 29, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 50 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 8:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Aug 29, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 9:16 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Aug 29, 9:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 29, 9:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 10:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 87 min |
| Aug 29, 10:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 9 days |
| Aug 29, 10:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 21 days |
| Aug 29, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 3 days |
| Aug 29, 10:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 days |
| Aug 29, 10:35 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 113 min | |
| Aug 29, 11:11 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 29, 11:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 12:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 29, 1:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 114 min | |
| Aug 29, 1:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Aug 29, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Aug 29, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 24 min | |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 6 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.