Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 1991, 3:19 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 11 min. 1 report 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
- Apr 29, 1991, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1991, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Baldwin, 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
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2664 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 12.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 292019 TORMOB ALC003-292030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 319 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...EASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY AT 317 PM THE BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT ELSANOR MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THE STORM WILL MOVE NEAR SEMINOLE DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-LAZ010-013-014-261700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THESE AREAS. AT 130 PM CDT...A LINE-LIKE BAN OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE MARSH AREAS OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPI RIVER IN LOUISIANA. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE OVER HARRISON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHERN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-LAZ010-013-014-261700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 135 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THESE AREAS. AT 130 PM CDT...A LINE-LIKE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE MARSH AREAS OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPI RIVER IN LOUISIANA. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE OVER HARRISON COUNTY MISSISSIPPI AND EXTENDED NORTHEASTWARD TO NORTHERN MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES OF ALABAMA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 2:28 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
FLZ001>004-ALZ010>018-MSZ012>014-LAZ010-013-014-262100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 235 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA...WALTON...AND THE ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS OF THESE AREAS. AT 230 PM CDT...A LINE-LIKE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN ALABAMA SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE MARSH AREAS OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPI RIVER IN LOUISIANA. THE LARGEST STORMS WERE OVER MOBILE COUNTY ALABAMA. A LARGE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. g
Local storm report, Apr 29, 2:31 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
230 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991
TIME EVENT
220 PM BAYOU LA BATRE PD REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THAT CITY.
...MOBILE COUNTY/kSpecial weather statement, Apr 29, 2:49 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ014-013-292045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 249 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOBILE AND ALL OF BALDWIN COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM... ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALABAMA COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING MOBILE BAY UNTIL 315 PM... THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...BUT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. WEATHER SERVICE RADARS AT 235 PM INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE TOWARD THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND HAVE NOW MOVED EAST OF THE SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THOSE COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED AND SOME ROADS AND STREETS MAY BECOME FLOODED AND STREAMS MAY RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL. IF YOU DRIVE THIS AFTERNOON...DO SO WITH CAUTION.
Local storm report, Apr 29, 3:14 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
315 PM CDT MON APR 29 1991
TIME EVENT
305 PM BALDWIN COUNTY EMC OFFICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
SOUTHEAST OF SUMMERDALE
305 PM BALDWIN COUNTY EMA REPORTED A BARN BLOWN DOWN 3 MILES
EAST OF FAIRHOPEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 11:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Lowndes | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Autauga | 46 min |
| Apr 29, 11:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 54 min |
| Apr 29, 12:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler | 56 min |
| Apr 29, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Macon | 62 min |
| Apr 29, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 55 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.