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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

June 17, 2023Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2023, 12:24 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 17, 2023, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2023, 12:49 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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
Jun 17, 12:28 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Irvington, AL	Local chaser reports trees snapped, powerlines down, and half of home roof missing due to possible tornado.
Jun 17, 12:28 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Irvington, AL	Local chaser reports trees snapped, powerlines down, and half of home roof missing due to possible tornado.
Jun 17, 12:28 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ssw Irvington, AL	Local chaser reports trees snapped, powerlines down, and half of home roof missing due to possible tornado.

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
Jun 16, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 3560 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.7
Supercell composite: 11.5

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The text

As transmitted.

402 
WFUS54 KMOB 170524
TORMOB
ALC097-170600-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.230617T0524Z-230617T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1224 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 100 AM CDT.
    
* At 1223 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Theodore, moving southeast 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...
  Alabama Port around 1255 AM 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 3053 8830 3058 8821 3036 8799 3035 8799
      3035 8798 3032 8795 3028 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0523Z 329DEG 24KT 3053 8824 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

936 
WWUS54 KMOB 170534
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1234 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023

ALC097-170600-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-230617T0600Z/
Mobile AL-
1234 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
    
At 1234 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles northeast of Bayou La Batre, moving southeast at
30 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...
  Alabama Port around 1255 AM 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 3048 8827 3055 8818 3036 8799 3035 8799
      3035 8798 3032 8795 3028 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 329DEG 24KT 3046 8819 

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

$$

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325 
WWUS54 KMOB 170549
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1249 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023

ALC097-170559-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-230617T0600Z/
Mobile AL-
1249 AM CDT Sat Jun 17 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE 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 Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 100 AM CDT for
southwestern Alabama.

LAT...LON 3048 8827 3055 8818 3036 8799 3035 8799
      3035 8798 3032 8795 3028 8819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0548Z 329DEG 24KT 3037 8813 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	46 min
Jun 16, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	52 min
Jun 16, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	48 min
Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke	40 min
Jun 16, 8:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Wilcox	60 min
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Wilcox	50 min
Jun 16, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	48 min
Jun 16, 8:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Washington and 1 more	68 min
Jun 16, 9:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox	3 hr
Jun 16, 9:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	40 min
Jun 16, 9:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	3 hr
Jun 16, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and 1 more	64 min
Jun 16, 10:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	37 min
Jun 16, 11:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Washington	3 hr
Jun 16, 11:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	42 min
Jun 16, 11:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	48 min
Jun 16, 11:49 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		116 min
Jun 16, 11:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	34 min
Jun 17, 12:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	41 min
Jun 17, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		96 min
Jun 17, 1:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
Jun 17, 1:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Jun 17, 1:16 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Jun 17, 1:20 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		85 min
Jun 17, 2:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Jun 17, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	41 min
Jun 17, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	41 min
Jun 17, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	41 min
Jun 17, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Washington	49 min
Jun 17, 2:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Escambia	51 min
Jun 17, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	47 min
Jun 17, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	13 min
Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MOB	Escambia	46 min
Jun 17, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Covington	39 min
Jun 17, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Clarke	51 min
Jun 17, 3:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	42 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Jun 17, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MOB	Mobile	40 min
Jun 17, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		89 min
Jun 17, 4:04 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		56 min
Jun 17, 4:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	47 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	36 min
Jun 17, 4:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	42 min
Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MOB	Baldwin	12 min
Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Jun 17, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Jun 17, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	24 min
Jun 17, 5:24 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		51 min
Jun 17, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox	28 min
Jun 17, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		86 min
Jun 17, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		39 min
Jun 17, 6:56 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		49 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.