Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 1990, 10:55 AM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 1990, 10:55 AM CST (16:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 1990, 11:45 AM CST
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dale County, AL
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 11:10 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dale, AL | |
| Feb 16, 11:20 AM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dale, AL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Apalachicola Mun, FL (KAQQ), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 574 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMGM 161659
TORMGM
ALC045-161745-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1055 AM CST FRI FEB 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
...DALE
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY FT. RUCKER ON THE GROUND MOVING TOWARD
FT RUCKER. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
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 T:O COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 7:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coosa | 56 min |
| Feb 16, 7:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Elmore | 59 min |
| Feb 16, 7:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 59 min |
| Feb 16, 7:52 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 7:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Tallapoosa | 68 min |
| Feb 16, 8:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga, Elmore, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Feb 16, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers, Tallapoosa | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 9:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw, Pike | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Bullock, Macon | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 9:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lee | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 9:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 62 min |
| Feb 16, 9:31 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 9:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Coffee, Covington | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 9:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 61 min |
| Feb 16, 10:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Barbour, Dale | 63 min |
| Feb 16, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Henry, Houston | 62 min |
| Feb 16, 11:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Geneva | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.