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Tornado Warning 48, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2022, 10:36 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 39 min. 5 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
- Mar 30, 2022, 10:36 PM CDT (03:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2022, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 10:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sse Grand Bay, AL | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 SSE GRAND BAY. NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOUND A COUPLE SNAPPED LARGE BRANCHES WITH FEW SNAPPED OR UPROOTED SOFTWOOD TREES. A COUPLE OUT BUILDINGS WITH MOST OF THEIR ROOFS REMOVED AND A MANUFACTURED HOME WITH MINOR ROOF DAM |
| Mar 30, 10:49 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Dixon Corner, AL | SEVERAL LARGE SNAPPED HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD BRANCHES HERE. AN OUT BUILDING WAS DESTROYED AND AN ATV WAS ROLLED. WIND ESTIMATED TO BE 75 MPH AND TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
| Mar 30, 10:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tillmans Corner, AL | NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE NEAR RANGELINE RD. |
| Mar 30, 10:57 PM CDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 43 | Brookley Field Asos, AL | ASOS STATION KBFM MOBILE BROOKLEY REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 43 MPH. |
| Mar 30, 10:58 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Hollingers Island, AL | NWS SURVEY TEAM FOUND AN EF1 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR RABBIT CREEK DR. IN THEODORE, AL AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS RANGELINE ROAD. SEVERAL WOODEN POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED ALONG RANGLINE ROAD WITH ABOUT A HALF MILE SWATH OF STRAIGHT-LINE DAMAGING WINDS ESTIMATED NEAR |
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 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted.
552
WFUS54 KMOB 310336
TORMOB
ALC097-310415-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0048.220331T0336Z-220331T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1036 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 1115 PM CDT.
* At 1035 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 5 miles southeast of Moss Point, moving
northeast at 45 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 1045 PM CDT.
Theodore around 1100 PM CDT.
Tillmans Corner around 1105 PM CDT.
I10 And I65 around 1110 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 3038 8841 3039 8841 3038 8840 3070 8841
3063 8803 3037 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 217DEG 38KT 3039 8844
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$1 follow-up statement
947
WWUS54 KMOB 310409
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1109 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
ALC097-310417-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0048.000000T0000Z-220331T0415Z/
Mobile AL-
1109 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1115 PM CDT...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
This was for the warning that included the communities of Grand Bay
and Dees. Tornado Warnings are still in effect for other parts of
Mobile County.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3038 8841 3039 8841 3038 8840 3070 8841
3063 8803 3037 8840
TIME...MOT...LOC 0407Z 217DEG 38KT 3065 8822
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 53 min |
| Mar 30, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 26 min |
| Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Washington | 42 min |
| Mar 30, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 65 min |
| Mar 30, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 22 min |
| Mar 30, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox | 38 min |
| Mar 30, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 119 min | |
| Mar 30, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 30, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 10:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 15 min |
| Mar 30, 10:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 51 min |
| Mar 30, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 23 min |
| Mar 30, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington and 1 more | 54 min |
| Mar 30, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 10:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 56 min |
| Mar 30, 11:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 20 min |
| Mar 30, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Mar 30, 11:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Monroe, Wilcox | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe and 1 more | 64 min |
| Mar 30, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 118 min | |
| Mar 30, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Mar 31, 12:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 67 min |
| Mar 31, 12:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 38 min | |
| Mar 31, 1:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 116 min | |
| Mar 31, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Covington, Crenshaw | 61 min |
| Mar 31, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 49 min | |
| Mar 31, 3:12 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 48 min | |
| Mar 31, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 40 min | |
| Mar 31, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 min | |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 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.