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Tornado Warning 65, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 2021, 9:08 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 9:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 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), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
734
WFUS54 KMOB 280208
TORMOB
ALC097-280300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0065.211028T0208Z-211028T0300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
908 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 1000 PM CDT.
* At 907 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Grand Bay, 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...
Theodore around 920 PM CDT.
Tillmans Corner around 925 PM CDT.
Mobile Regional Airport around 935 PM CDT.
Midtown Mobile around 940 PM CDT.
Prichard around 950 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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3044 8824 3045 8834 3076 8832 3074 8807
3054 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 205DEG 26KT 3050 8828
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$3 follow-up statements
055
WWUS54 KMOB 280219
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
919 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
ALC097-280300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-211028T0300Z/
Mobile AL-
919 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
At 918 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles west of Tillmans Corner, moving north at 45 to
50 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Midtown Mobile and Mobile Regional Airport around 925 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3053 8833 3076 8832 3074 8807 3052 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 188DEG 41KT 3060 8825
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$291
WWUS54 KMOB 280230
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
930 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
ALC097-280300-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-211028T0300Z/
Mobile AL-
930 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY...
At 930 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Midtown Mobile, 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...
Midtown Mobile around 935 PM CDT.
Prichard around 945 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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3065 8824 3075 8823 3074 8807 3059 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 214DEG 24KT 3065 8816
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$551
WWUS54 KMOB 280233
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
933 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
ALC097-280243-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0065.000000T0000Z-211028T0300Z/
Mobile AL-
933 PM CDT Wed Oct 27 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3065 8824 3075 8823 3074 8807 3059 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0231Z 205DEG 26KT 3067 8815
$$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, 8:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| Oct 27, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 46 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.