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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

June 26, 1987Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1987, 3:14 PM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1987, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1987, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1987-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1987-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 262015
TORMOB
ALC097-262100-

BULLETIN..EBS..ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
314 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE
UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY:

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHERN MOBILE

AT 312 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED EAST OF IRVINGTON.  THIS TORNADO
SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MOBILE COUNpTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 12:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBElmore, Montgomery64 min
Jun 26, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHouston58 min

Nearby

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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.