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Tornado Warning 84, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2022, 5:37 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 38 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
- Oct 29, 2022, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 29, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 6:03 PM CDT | TORNADO | 4 Wnw Spanish Fort, AL | VIDEO OF TORNADO ON BROADCAST MEDIA NORTHWEST OF SPANISH FORT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
590
WFUS54 KMOB 292237
TORMOB
ALC003-292315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0084.221029T2237Z-221029T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
537 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
West central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 537 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Point Clear, moving north at 15 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...
Fairhope around 545 PM CDT.
Daphne around 605 PM CDT.
Spanish Fort around 615 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 3046 8791 3047 8795 3072 8795 3070 8780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 187DEG 14KT 3049 8793
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
CGAL1 follow-up statement
418
WWUS54 KMOB 292254
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
554 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022
ALC003-292315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0084.000000T0000Z-221029T2315Z/
Baldwin AL-
554 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 553 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Daphne, moving north at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Spanish Fort around 605 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3057 8795 3072 8795 3072 8791 3071 8791
3071 8789 3070 8783 3055 8789
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 172DEG 24KT 3061 8795
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
$$
CGALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 9:09 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Oct 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 90 min | |
| Oct 29, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 48 min |
| Oct 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 32 min |
| Oct 29, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Oct 29, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Oct 29, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Oct 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 115 min | |
| Oct 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 20 min |
| Oct 29, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 10 min |
| Oct 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 42 min |
| Oct 29, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 39 min |
| Oct 29, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 51 min |
| Oct 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 91 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.