930
NWUS54 KMOB 072116
LSRMOB
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
316 PM CST TUE JAN 7 2025
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0820 PM TORNADO 2 W MOBILE REGIONAL AIR 30.68N 88.27W
12/28/2024 MOBILE AL NWS STORM SURVEY
A BRIEF EF0 TORNADO BEGAN JUST WEST OF THE
MOBILE REGIONAL AIRPORT SOLELY IN FOREST
BASED ON RADAR INDICATED TORNADO DEBRIS
SIGNATURE. THIS TORNADO CONTINUED EAST
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AIRPORT
PROPERTY. NO VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS EVIDENT ON
THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, HOWEVER ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CIRCULATION NUMEROUS
PALM FRONDS WERE REMOVED AND THROWN
EAST-NORTHEAST. AT JOSEPH DRAWNS DRIVE, A
LARGE OAK BRANCH WAS SNAPPED OFF TO THE
SOUTH OF THE LONGER-TERM PARKING. THE ENTRY
AND EXIT GATES TO THE PARKING WERE BROKEN
AND SURGED WESTWARD INDICATING THE TORNADO
CROSSED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THIS LOCATION.
THE TORNADO LIKELY CROSSED OVER OR JUST ON
THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE USPS BUILDING THROWING
NUMEROUS SMALL TO LARGE TREE LIMBS ONTO THE
ADJACENT ROAD AND KNOCKING OVER A LIGHT POLE
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE USPS PROPERTY. THE
DAVIS WEATHER STATION LOCATED AT THE NWS
MOBILE OFFICE MEASURED A PEAK WIND GUST OF
55MPH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE TORNADO
CIRCULATION. THERE IS NO INDICATION THE
TORNADO CONTINUED EAST OF THE AIRPORT, AND
THE END POINT IS ESTIMATED AT THE LAST KNOWN
DAMAGE LOCATION.
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