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Tornado Warning 63, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2021, 11:27 PM CDT for George County, Mississippi; Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 13 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 30, 2021, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 11:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Mobile County, AL, George County, MS
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 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
- 914 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
414
WFUS54 KMOB 310427
TORMOB
ALC097-MSC039-310500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0063.210831T0427Z-210831T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1127 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
East central George County in southeastern Mississippi...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1127 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 8 miles northwest of Wilmer, or 10 miles east
of Lucedale, moving northeast at 30 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...
Gulfcrest around 1150 PM CDT.
Citronelle around 1155 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 3088 8842 3093 8849 3115 8826 3114 8817
3106 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 233DEG 28KT 3094 8842
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
740
WWUS54 KMOB 310435
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1135 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
MSC039-310444-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210831T0500Z/
George MS-
1135 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3094 8839 3097 8842 3111 8829 3111 8822
3107 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 224DEG 25KT 3098 8838
$$
ALC097-310500-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210831T0500Z/
Mobile AL-
1135 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY...
At 1134 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles west of Gulfcrest, or 11 miles southwest of
Citronelle, moving northeast at 30 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...
Citronelle around 1200 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3094 8839 3097 8842 3111 8829 3111 8822
3107 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 224DEG 25KT 3098 8838
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$019
WWUS54 KMOB 310440
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1140 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
ALC097-310449-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0063.000000T0000Z-210831T0500Z/
Mobile AL-
1140 PM CDT Mon Aug 30 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3094 8839 3097 8842 3111 8829 3111 8822
3107 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0439Z 233DEG 28KT 3101 8834
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 7:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 1:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 4 hr |
| Aug 31, 3:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Aug 31, 4:21 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 54 min | |
| Aug 31, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 34 min | |
| Aug 31, 4:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 5:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 93 min | |
| Aug 31, 5:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Aug 31, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Aug 31, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 6:04 AM CDT | High Surf Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Aug 31, 6:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 96 min | |
| Aug 31, 6:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Aug 31, 6:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 36 min | |
| Aug 31, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Aug 31, 8:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Aug 31, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Aug 31, 9:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 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.