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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2024, 4:25 PM CST for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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
- Dec 27, 2024, 4:25 PM CST (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2024, 5:15 PM CST
- In force
- 50 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), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 4:36 PM CST | TORNADO | 4 Sw Delchamps, AL | Public reported a whispy condensation funnel producing small tree debris being lofted up from a nearby bridge. No obvious damage to be found on the ground, appears to have occurred in a heavily wooded area with no road access. Public report received via X. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted.
777
WFUS54 KMOB 272225
TORMOB
ALC097-272315-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.241227T2225Z-241227T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
425 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
South central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 515 PM CST.
* At 424 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Coden, or 5 miles south of Bayou La Batre, moving
northeast at 15 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 440 PM 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 3030 8824 3034 8827 3051 8812 3035 8803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 228DEG 13KT 3033 8823
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM3 follow-up statements
471
WWUS54 KMOB 272244
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
444 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
ALC097-272315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-241227T2315Z/
Mobile AL-
444 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
At 444 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Alabama Port, or 5 miles east of Bayou La Batre,
moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Mobile County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3038 8823 3051 8812 3042 8807 3039 8806
3034 8818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2244Z 228DEG 13KT 3038 8817
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM206
WWUS54 KMOB 272305
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
505 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
ALC097-272315-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-241227T2315Z/
Mobile AL-
505 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CST FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...
At 505 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 4 miles north of Alabama Port, or 7 miles east of Bayou
La Batre, moving northeast at 15 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
south central 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 3042 8818 3049 8811 3042 8807 3039 8814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 224DEG 12KT 3042 8813
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
MM530 WWUS54 KMOB 272317 SVSMOB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Mobile AL 517 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024 ALC097-272327- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-241227T2315Z/ Mobile AL- 517 PM CST Fri Dec 27 2024 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire. LAT...LON 3042 8818 3049 8811 3042 8807 3039 8814 TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 228DEG 13KT 3045 8809 $$ MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 11:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Washington | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 12:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 2:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 39 min |
| Dec 27, 2:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 57 min | |
| Dec 27, 3:05 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 9 min |
| Dec 27, 3:14 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 106 min |
| Dec 27, 3:39 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 66 min | |
| Dec 27, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 48 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.