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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 2025Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 2025, 5:39 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 12 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, 5:39 AM CDT (10:39 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2025, 5:51 AM CDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 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 nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2025-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2025-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -110 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

663 
WFUS54 KMOB 101039
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-101115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.250510T1039Z-250510T1115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
  South central Escambia County in northwestern Florida...

* Until 615 AM CDT.

* At 538 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Lillian, or 8 miles west of West Pensacola, moving
  north at 20 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
  southeastern Baldwin and south central Escambia Counties.

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 3032 8739 3038 8754 3060 8750 3049 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 202DEG 17KT 3040 8742 

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

$$

RD
1 follow-up statement
882 
WWUS54 KMOB 101051
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-FLC033-101101-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-250510T1115Z/
Baldwin AL-Escambia FL-
551 AM CDT Sat May 10 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTIES 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.

LAT...LON 3032 8739 3038 8754 3060 8750 3049 8725
TIME...MOT...LOC 1050Z 202DEG 17KT 3046 8739 

$$

RD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 7:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBCovington3 hr
May 9, 7:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBCovington3 hr
May 10, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
May 10, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBMobile51 min
May 10, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile3 hr
May 10, 2:55 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile17 min
May 10, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin52 min
May 10, 3:25 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB80 min
May 10, 4:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBBaldwin49 min
May 10, 4:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB83 min
May 10, 5:12 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBBaldwin3 hr
May 10, 6:03 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB87 min
May 10, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB93 min
May 10, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB95 min
May 10, 8:48 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB57 min
May 10, 9:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB65 min
May 10, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia44 min
May 10, 6:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBEscambia35 min
May 10, 6:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMOBSanta Rosa63 min
May 10, 6:31 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMOBEscambia3 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.