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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

July 14, 1991Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1991, 7:02 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1991, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1991, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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 1991-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2004 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 1991-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
2004 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1345 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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 150004 RRA
TORMOB
ALC003-150100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
702 PM CDT SUN JUL 14 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON HIWAY 98 IN FOLEY BY BALDWIN COUNTY LAW
ENFORCEMENT AT 655 PM. OTHER REPORTS FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COU
INDICATE VERY HIGH WINDS WERE OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
 
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 BASEMEN*T 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.

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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.