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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

January 25, 2023Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2023, 12:45 AM CST for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 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: Jan 25, 2023, 12:45 AM CST (06:45 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2023, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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
Jan 24, 9:32 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

691 
WFUS54 KMOB 250645
TORMOB
ALC003-097-250730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0007.230125T0645Z-230125T0730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
1245 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
  Northwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 130 AM CST.
    
* At 1245 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located over Semmes, or 12 miles northwest of Midtown
  Mobile, 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...
  Chunchula around 1255 AM CST.
  Satsuma and Creola around 100 AM CST.
  Axis around 105 AM CST.
  Movico around 110 AM CST.
  Mount Vernon around 115 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3073 8838 3078 8841 3114 8811 3114 8802
      3117 8799 3115 8797 3114 8794 3116 8793
      3115 8790 3117 8789 3114 8787 3115 8787
      3116 8788 3118 8785 3119 8787 3121 8787
      3120 8785 3122 8785 3107 8769 3070 8830
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 219DEG 48KT 3079 8829 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

015 
WWUS54 KMOB 250706
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-097-250730-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230125T0730Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
106 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CST FOR
NORTHEASTERN MOBILE AND NORTHWESTERN BALDWIN COUNTIES...
    
At 105 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 5 miles west of Movico, or 6 miles east of Citronelle,
moving northeast at 60 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...
  Mount Vernon around 110 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3096 8816 3101 8821 3114 8811 3114 8802
      3117 8799 3115 8797 3114 8794 3116 8793
      3115 8790 3117 8789 3114 8787 3115 8787
      3116 8788 3118 8785 3119 8787 3121 8787
      3120 8785 3122 8785 3114 8778 3093 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 0705Z 211DEG 51KT 3106 8812 

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

$$
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256 
WWUS54 KMOB 250724
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-097-250733-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-230125T0730Z/
Mobile AL-Baldwin AL-
124 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOBILE AND NORTHWESTERN
BALDWIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 AM CST...
        
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 500 AM CST for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3096 8816 3101 8821 3114 8811 3114 8802
      3117 8799 3115 8797 3114 8794 3116 8793
      3115 8790 3117 8789 3114 8787 3115 8787
      3116 8788 3118 8785 3119 8787 3121 8787
      3120 8785 3122 8785 3114 8778 3093 8808
TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 219DEG 48KT 3124 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
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, 12:51 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, 1:28 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.