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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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 27, 2021, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 9:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 253 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted.
551
WFUS54 KMOB 280153
TORMOB
ALC097-280245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0064.211028T0153Z-211028T0245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
853 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southwestern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 853 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles west of Bayou La Batre, moving northeast at 35
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...
Grand Bay around 900 PM CDT.
Theodore around 920 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 3037 8840 3038 8841 3039 8841 3038 8840
3056 8840 3055 8816 3035 8831
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 214DEG 31KT 3039 8834
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
658
WWUS54 KMOB 280213
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
913 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
ALC097-280245-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-211028T0245Z/
Mobile AL-
913 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
At 913 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Theodore, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Mobile County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3048 8821 3049 8834 3056 8833 3055 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 218DEG 30KT 3055 8823
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$579
WWUS54 KMOB 280228
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
928 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
ALC097-280238-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-211028T0245Z/
Mobile AL-
928 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3048 8821 3049 8834 3056 8833 3055 8816
TIME...MOT...LOC 0227Z 214DEG 31KT 3066 8814
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Oct 27, 8:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Oct 27, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 25 min |
| Oct 27, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Oct 27, 9:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 52 min |
| Oct 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 92 min | |
| Oct 27, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia | 3 hr |
| Oct 27, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 94 min | |
| Oct 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Oct 27, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Oct 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 84 min | |
| Oct 28, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Oct 28, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 51 min | |
| Oct 28, 2:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 16 min | |
| Oct 28, 7:51 AM CDT | High Wind Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 26 hr |
| Oct 28, 7:51 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Covington, Escambia, Mobile | 31 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.