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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 2025Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2025, 2:55 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 17 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: May 10, 2025, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2025, 3:12 AM CDT
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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

108 
WFUS54 KMOB 100755
TORMOB
ALC097-100830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0023.250510T0755Z-250510T0830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
255 AM CDT Sat May 10 2025

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

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

* Until 330 AM CDT.

* At 254 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Dauphin Island, moving northeast 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...
  Dauphin Island around 300 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 3022 8814 3025 8819 3032 8810 3025 8800
      3022 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0754Z 231DEG 20KT 3024 8813 

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

$$

RD

1 follow-up statement

549 
WWUS54 KMOB 100812
SVSMOB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
312 AM CDT Sat May 10 2025

ALC097-100820-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-250510T0830Z/
Mobile AL-
312 AM CDT Sat May 10 2025

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

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3022 8814 3025 8819 3032 8810 3025 8800
      3022 8809
TIME...MOT...LOC 0809Z 231DEG 20KT 3030 8805 

$$

RD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Covington	3 hr
May 9, 7:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Covington	3 hr
May 10, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
May 10, 2:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Mobile	51 min
May 10, 2:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
May 10, 3:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	52 min
May 10, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		80 min
May 10, 4:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MOB	Baldwin	49 min
May 10, 4:37 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
May 10, 5:12 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MOB	Baldwin	3 hr
May 10, 5:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	12 min
May 10, 6:03 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		87 min
May 10, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		93 min
May 10, 7:55 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		95 min
May 10, 8:48 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		57 min
May 10, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.