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Tornado Warning 90, NWS Mobile, AL

October 29, 2022Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2022, 7:31 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired: Oct 29, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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: 539 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

344 
WFUS54 KMOB 300031
TORMOB
ALC003-300115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0090.221030T0031Z-221030T0115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  South central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 815 PM CDT.
    
* At 730 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Summerdale, or 4 miles north of Foley, 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...
  Silverhill around 740 PM CDT.
  Robertsdale around 745 PM CDT.
  Loxley around 755 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 3043 8775 3076 8778 3077 8754 3042 8768
TIME...MOT...LOC 0030Z 180DEG 24KT 3047 8770 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

MM

2 follow-up statements

794 
WWUS54 KMOB 300050
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-300115-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-221030T0115Z/
Baldwin AL-
750 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY...
    
At 750 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Robertsdale, 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Baldwin County.

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 3052 8773 3076 8775 3077 8754 3052 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 182DEG 20KT 3055 8769 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN

$$

MM

999 
WWUS54 KMOB 300100
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-300110-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-221030T0115Z/
Baldwin AL-
800 PM CDT Sat Oct 29 2022

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY 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...and northwestern Florida.

LAT...LON 3052 8773 3076 8775 3077 8754 3052 8766
TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 180DEG 24KT 3062 8769 

$$

MM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 29, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	53 min
Oct 29, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	47 min
Oct 29, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		113 min
Oct 29, 8:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	46 min
Oct 29, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	46 min
Oct 29, 9:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	26 min
Oct 29, 9:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		36 min
Oct 29, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		117 min
Oct 29, 10:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	22 min
Oct 29, 10:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Oct 29, 11:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Oct 29, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		119 min
Oct 30, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Oct 30, 1:19 AM CDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	6 hr
Oct 30, 1:36 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		114 min
Oct 30, 1:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Oct 30, 3:11 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Oct 30, 8:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		19 min
Oct 30, 10:15 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		22 min
Oct 30, 10:43 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		28 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.