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Tornado Warning 89, NWS Mobile, AL

October 29, 2022Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2022, 6:54 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 51 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, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2022, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 4 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 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
Oct 29, 7:09 PM CDT	TORNADO	1 Nnw University Of Sou, AL	TORNADO BEGAN ALONG LUCERNE DRIVE AND MOVED NORTH-NORTHEAST AS IT CROSSED OVERLOOK ROAD. THE DAMAGE ALONG LUCERNE DRIVE WAS PREDOMINANTLY CONFINED TO TREES AND FENCES AS THE TORNADO MOVED TOWARD DONHAM DRIVE. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED HOWELLS FERRY ROAD AND MOV

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

528 
WFUS54 KMOB 292354
TORMOB
ALC097-300045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0089.221029T2354Z-221030T0045Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 745 PM CDT.
    
* At 654 PM CDT, a tornado producing storm was located 4 miles south
  of Mobile Regional Airport, or 5 miles northwest of Tillmans
  Corner, moving north at 20 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...
  Mobile Regional Airport around 705 PM CDT.
  Semmes around 725 PM CDT.
  I65 And AL 158 around 730 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 3058 8822 3059 8829 3089 8832 3087 8802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 190DEG 19KT 3062 8825 

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

$$

MM

3 follow-up statements

117 
WWUS54 KMOB 300011
SVSMOB

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

ALC097-300045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-221030T0045Z/
Mobile AL-
711 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY...
        
At 711 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Mobile Regional
Airport, or 4 miles northwest of Midtown Mobile, moving north at 25
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...
  I65 And AL 158 around 730 PM CDT.
  Saraland around 735 PM CDT.
  Satsuma around 740 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 3070 8825 3088 8824 3087 8802 3081 8806
      3068 8817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 197DEG 20KT 3072 8819 

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

$$

MM

524 
WWUS54 KMOB 300018
SVSMOB

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

ALC097-300045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-221030T0045Z/
Mobile AL-
718 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
MOBILE COUNTY...
        
At 718 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located 4 miles east of
Semmes, or 6 miles northwest of Midtown Mobile, moving north at 20
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...
  I65 And AL 158 around 730 PM CDT.
  Satsuma around 740 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 3074 8824 3088 8824 3087 8804 3082 8808
      3074 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 190DEG 19KT 3076 8818 

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

$$

MM

431 
WWUS54 KMOB 300041
SVSMOB

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

ALC097-300051-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0089.000000T0000Z-221030T0045Z/
Mobile AL-
741 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3074 8824 3088 8824 3087 8804 3082 8808
      3074 8815
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 190DEG 19KT 3088 8816 

$$

MM

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, 6:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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, 6:59 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.