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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

January 25, 2023Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2023, 1:28 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 20 min. 3 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: Jan 25, 2023, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2023, 1:48 AM CST
In force: 20 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:32 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
Jan 25, 1:33 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene Montrose, AL	REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF.
Jan 25, 1:35 AM CST	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Fairhope, AL	BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTS POWER LINES DOWN IN THE VICINITY OF FAIRHOPE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jan 25, 1:35 AM CST	TSTM WND GST 62	2 Wnw Mouth Of Weeks Ba, AL	MESONET PELICAN TEMPEST STATION RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 54KT.

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
Jan 24, 9:32 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 805 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1093 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

648 
WFUS54 KMOB 250728
TORMOB
ALC003-250815-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0010.230125T0728Z-230125T0815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
128 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 215 AM CST.
    
* At 128 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 4 miles south of Point Clear, moving northeast at 55
  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 135 AM CST.
  Robertsdale and Silverhill around 145 AM CST.
  Loxley around 150 AM CST.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3045 8796 3086 8772 3072 8749 3038 8788
TIME...MOT...LOC 0728Z 215DEG 49KT 3041 8794 

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

$$

2 follow-up statements

388 
WWUS54 KMOB 250740
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
140 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

ALC003-250815-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-230125T0815Z/
Baldwin AL-
140 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CST FOR CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY...
    
At 139 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fairhope, moving northeast at 55 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...
  Loxley around 150 AM CST.

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.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 3052 8788 3085 8770 3074 8752 3048 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 215DEG 48KT 3053 8784 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

$$

021 
WWUS54 KMOB 250748
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
148 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

ALC003-250757-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-230125T0815Z/
Baldwin AL-
148 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

...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.  However gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.

LAT...LON 3052 8788 3085 8770 3074 8752 3048 8782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0747Z 215DEG 49KT 3063 8776 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 24, 11:50 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		40 min
Jan 24, 11:50 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Choctaw	55 min
Jan 25, 12:23 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	37 min
Jan 25, 12:31 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Jan 25, 12:39 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke, Mobile, Washington	81 min
Jan 25, 12:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	45 min
Jan 25, 12:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Jan 25, 1:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	17 min
Jan 25, 1:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	41 min
Jan 25, 1:38 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Monroe	37 min
Jan 25, 1:42 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
Jan 25, 2:03 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Monroe, Wilcox	16 min
Jan 25, 2:11 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	19 min
Jan 25, 2:13 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		47 min
Jan 25, 2:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	23 min
Jan 25, 2:48 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Escambia	72 min
Jan 25, 3:09 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Jan 25, 3:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	96 min
Jan 25, 8:49 AM CST	High Surf Advisory	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	13 hr

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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.