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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2022, 10:46 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min. 7 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, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2022, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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, 10:49 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 | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Hollingers Island, AL | REPORTS RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF POWERLINES AND TREES DOWN NEAR HAMILTON BLVD AND RANGELINE RD IN THEODORE, AL. |
| Mar 30, 10:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Hollingers Island, AL | REPORTS RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF TREES/POWER LINES DOWN NEAR HAMILTON BLVD AND RANGELINE RD IN THEODORE, AL. |
| 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 |
| Mar 30, 11:03 PM CDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 48 | 1 Ne Hollingers Island, AL | MESONET STATION - MOBILE DOG RIVER REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST OF 48 MPH. |
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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
109
WFUS54 KMOB 310346
TORMOB
ALC003-097-310430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0049.220331T0346Z-220331T0430Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1046 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
West central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 1130 PM CDT.
* At 1046 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Grand Bay, moving northeast at 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...
Tillmans Corner and Theodore around 1100 PM CDT.
I10 And I65 around 1105 PM CDT.
Downtown Mobile around 1115 PM CDT.
Daphne and Spanish Fort around 1120 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.
This cluster of thunderstorms is capable of producing tornadoes and
widespread significant wind damage. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest
floor of a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3036 8834 3046 8839 3086 8797 3058 8764
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 238DEG 42KT 3046 8831
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$2 follow-up statements
402
WWUS54 KMOB 310404
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1104 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
ALC003-097-310430-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-220331T0430Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
1104 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...
At 1103 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located over I10 And I65, or
5 miles east of Tillmans Corner, moving northeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornado will be near...
Prichard around 1110 PM CDT.
Spanish Fort around 1115 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3060 8824 3086 8797 3058 8764 3047 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0403Z 226DEG 43KT 3061 8809
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$945
WWUS54 KMOB 310422
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1122 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
ALC003-097-310431-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0049.000000T0000Z-220331T0430Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
1122 PM CDT Wed Mar 30 2022
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL BALDWIN
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1130 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. Damaging straight
line winds are still expected as the line of storms moves across
western Baldwin county.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.
LAT...LON 3060 8824 3086 8797 3058 8764 3047 8813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 238DEG 42KT 3072 8789
$$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, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Mar 30, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 50 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.