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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 22, 2022, 11:09 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 22, 2022, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2022, 11:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 11:14 PM CDT | TORNADO | Robertsdale, AL | ROOF BLOWN OFF BUILDING AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO OTHER BUILDINGS, TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 10:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1480 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 17.0
The text
As transmitted.
983
WFUS54 KMOB 230409
TORMOB
ALC003-230500-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0034.220323T0409Z-220323T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1109 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until midnight CDT.
* At 1109 PM CDT, a tornado producing storm was located over
Summerdale, or near Robertsdale, moving north at 30 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...
Robertsdale around 1115 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 3047 8776 3084 8768 3079 8756 3078 8754
3074 8753 3073 8750 3045 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 199DEG 26KT 3050 8772
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
921
WWUS54 KMOB 230418
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1118 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
ALC003-230500-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-220323T0500Z/
Baldwin AL-
1118 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 1118 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over Robertsdale,
moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3047 8776 3084 8768 3079 8756 3078 8754
3074 8753 3073 8750 3045 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 191DEG 30KT 3058 8770
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$654
WWUS54 KMOB 230428
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1128 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
ALC003-230437-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-220323T0500Z/
Baldwin AL-
1128 PM CDT Tue Mar 22 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN 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 600 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
LAT...LON 3047 8776 3084 8768 3079 8756 3078 8754
3074 8753 3073 8750 3045 8770
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 199DEG 26KT 3065 8767
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 19 min |
| Mar 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 36 min |
| Mar 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile, Washington | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe | 10 min |
| Mar 22, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 29 min |
| Mar 22, 9:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 87 min | |
| Mar 22, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 26 min |
| Mar 22, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Choctaw | 39 min |
| Mar 22, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 49 min |
| Mar 22, 10:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Mar 22, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 44 min |
| Mar 22, 11:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Mar 22, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 50 min |
| Mar 22, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe, Washington and 1 more | 65 min |
| Mar 22, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Mar 22, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 97 min | |
| Mar 23, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 28 min |
| Mar 23, 12:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 95 min | |
| Mar 23, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox | 45 min |
| Mar 23, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Mar 23, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 2:46 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 59 min | |
| Mar 23, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 25 min |
| Mar 23, 3:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Mar 23, 3:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 62 min | |
| Mar 23, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 23, 9:51 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.