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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

April 25, 1988Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 1988, 6:08 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 1988, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 1988, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery 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

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1988-04-25Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 12:00Z on 1988-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
437 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 252309
TORMGM
ALC101-260000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
608 PM CDT MON APR 25 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
          ...MONTGOMERY
 
AT 606 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
DANNELLY FIELD MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 60MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
pOR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke61 min
Apr 25, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers, Coosa, Tallapoosa64 min
Apr 25, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers30 min
Apr 25, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes63 min
Apr 25, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery55 min
Apr 25, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox56 min
Apr 25, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMacon65 min
Apr 25, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBLee, Macon59 min
Apr 25, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock66 min
Apr 25, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBarbour32 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.