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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

April 6, 2025Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 6, 2025, 2:50 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 16 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: Apr 6, 2025, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 6, 2025, 3:06 PM CDT
In force: 16 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), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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
Apr 6, 10:01 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 296 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.9
Supercell composite: 14.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

957 
WFUS54 KMOB 061950
TORMOB
ALC097-062030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.250406T1950Z-250406T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
250 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  West central Mobile County in southwestern Alabama...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 249 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Hurley, or 11 miles northeast of Escatawpa, moving
  northeast at 40 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...
  Tanner Williams around 255 PM CDT.
  Semmes around 305 PM 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 3078 8842 3087 8834 3079 8817 3064 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 225DEG 36KT 3065 8847 

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

$$

JP

2 follow-up statements

080 
WWUS54 KMOB 061959
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
259 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

ALC097-062030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-250406T2030Z/
Mobile AL-
259 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY...

At 258 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Tanner Williams, or 15 miles northwest of Tillmans
Corner, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Semmes around 305 PM 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 3074 8841 3086 8831 3079 8817 3064 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 225DEG 35KT 3071 8840 

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

$$

JP

014 
WWUS54 KMOB 062006
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
306 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

ALC097-062016-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-250406T2030Z/
Mobile AL-
306 PM CDT Sun Apr 6 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for southwestern
Alabama.

LAT...LON 3074 8841 3086 8831 3079 8817 3064 8841
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 225DEG 36KT 3077 8833 

$$

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 10:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MOB	Dallas, Monroe, Wilcox	11 hr
Apr 6, 6:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Choctaw, Clarke, Washington	64 min
Apr 6, 7:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Washington	61 min
Apr 6, 8:59 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Wilcox	61 min
Apr 6, 10:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Monroe	58 min
Apr 6, 11:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Clarke	3 hr
Apr 6, 11:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Butler	28 min
Apr 6, 2:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	46 min
Apr 6, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Wilcox	79 min
Apr 6, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Apr 6, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	42 min
Apr 6, 4:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Apr 6, 4:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	6 hr
Apr 6, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
Apr 6, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile	75 min
Apr 6, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	7 hr
Apr 6, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Apr 6, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	62 min
Apr 6, 6:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin	6 hr
Apr 6, 6:59 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 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.