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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2021, 12:23 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 21 min. 3 reports 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
- Aug 30, 2021, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 12:44 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 12:29 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 E I65 And Us 43, AL | TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE REPORTED OFF OF LISTER DAIRY RD. PICTURES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Aug 30, 12:29 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Se I65 And Us 43, AL | DAMAGE REPORTED WITH TREES DOWN ON BOBOSHILLY CIRCLE. |
| Aug 30, 12:32 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 E Creola, AL | TREE THROUGH A HOUSE ON ELLISON AVE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 5:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 881 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted.
649
WFUS54 KMOB 301723
TORMOB
ALC003-097-301815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0058.210830T1723Z-210830T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1223 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
West central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 115 PM CDT.
* At 1223 PM CDT, a tornado producing storm was located over
Chickasaw, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
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 storm will be near...
Satsuma around 1235 PM CDT.
Creola around 1245 PM CDT.
Axis around 1255 PM CDT.
I65 And AL 225 around 115 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3076 8814 3097 8807 3097 8784 3084 8787
3074 8804
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 212DEG 15KT 3079 8808
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
151
WWUS54 KMOB 301738
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1238 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
ALC003-301747-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210830T1815Z/
Baldwin AL-
1238 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved into
the Delta region now approaching Bucks. It is still prodicing a
debris signature and a downstream warning remains in effect.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3097 8807 3097 8789 3096 8789 3093 8793
3092 8796 3091 8796 3088 8800 3088 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 207DEG 24KT 3095 8799
$$
ALC097-301815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210830T1815Z/
Mobile AL-
1238 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY...
At 1237 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Axis, or 5 miles
northeast of Creola, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
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
northeastern Mobile County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3097 8807 3097 8789 3096 8789 3093 8793
3092 8796 3091 8796 3088 8800 3088 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 1737Z 207DEG 24KT 3095 8799
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$279
WWUS54 KMOB 301744
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1244 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
ALC097-301753-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-210830T1815Z/
Mobile AL-
1244 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However a Tornado Warning
remains in effect as a new downstream Tornado Warning is in effect.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3097 8807 3097 8789 3096 8789 3093 8793
3092 8796 3091 8796 3088 8800 3088 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 212DEG 15KT 3097 8797
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 8:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 49 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 38 hr |
| Aug 29, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 30 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Aug 30, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 47 min | |
| Aug 30, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Aug 30, 3:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:03 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 117 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Aug 30, 8:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 50 min |
| Aug 30, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 4 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Aug 30, 10:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 11:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 11:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 12:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 75 min |
| Aug 30, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 30, 1:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 52 min |
| Aug 30, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 14 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Aug 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 85 min | |
| Aug 30, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 55 min |
| Aug 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 14 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Aug 30, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 89 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.