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Tornado Warning 85, NWS Mobile, AL

October 29, 2022Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2022, 6:05 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 10 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 29, 2022, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2022, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted.

545 
WFUS54 KMOB 292305
TORMOB
ALC003-097-292345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0085.221029T2305Z-221029T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
605 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
  West central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 604 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 4 miles northwest of
  Spanish Fort, moving north at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Broadcast media 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.

* The tornado will be near...
  I65 And AL 225 around 640 PM CDT.
  Stockton around 645 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 3068 8801 3104 8802 3104 8778 3068 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 186DEG 25KT 3070 8796 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

930 
WWUS54 KMOB 292315
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
615 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

ALC003-097-292325-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0085.000000T0000Z-221029T2345Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
615 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOBILE AND WEST CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTIES 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 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3068 8801 3104 8802 3104 8778 3068 8792
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 186DEG 25KT 3078 8795 

$$

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The 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 Tornado observed	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, 5:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	38 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 Tornado observed	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.