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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 25, 2023Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2023, 1:13 AM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 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: Jan 25, 2023, 1:13 AM CST (07:13 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2023, 1:30 AM CST
In force: 17 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), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:14 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, 1:30 AM CST	MARINE TSTM WIND 40	East End Of Dauphin, AL	FORT GAINES WEATHER STATION RECORDED A WIND GUST OF 34KT.

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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

001 
WFUS54 KMOB 250713
TORMOB
ALC097-250730-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0009.230125T0713Z-230125T0730Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 130 AM CST.
    
* At 113 AM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Dauphin Island, moving northeast at 50 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
  southern Mobile 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 3017 8809 3022 8815 3040 8803 3037 8799
      3035 8799 3036 8797 3033 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0713Z 216DEG 45KT 3023 8810 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

315 
WWUS54 KMOB 250722
SVSMOB

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

ALC097-250732-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-230125T0730Z/
Mobile AL-
122 AM CST Wed Jan 25 2023

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 130
AM CST...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

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

LAT...LON 3017 8809 3022 8815 3040 8803 3037 8799
      3035 8799 3036 8797 3033 8793
TIME...MOT...LOC 0722Z 216DEG 45KT 3030 8804 

$$

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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, 12:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	45 min
Jan 25, 12:51 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	39 min
Jan 25, 1:19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.