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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Mobile, AL

June 8, 1989Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1989, 8:29 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1989, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1989, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1989-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1032 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1989-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
1032 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 090131
TORMOB
ALC003-090200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
829 PM CDT THU JUN 8 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
          ...SOUTHWESTERN BALDWIN
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF MOBILE BAY.
 
 
 
AT 827 PM CDT THE MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A WATERSPOUT IN BON SECOUR
BAY ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY. THE STORM IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ONSHORE AROUND WEEKS BAY AND MOVE TO NEAR SUMMERDALE
AND FOLEY.
 
 
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...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AV OID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile32 min
Jun 8, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile26 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989

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.