Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1991
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 1991, 1:21 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 1991, 1:21 PM CST (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 1991, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 011920 TORMOB ALC003-012015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 121 PM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED AT ORANGE BEACH ALABAMA THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL PASS NEAR LILLIAN AND SIMINOLE. 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 FLOORe. 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, Mar 1, 9:40 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
FLZ001>004-011635- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 935 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 AT 930 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA IN ESCAMBIA COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF THE UPPER PARTS OF MOBILE BAY. THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 10:42 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
FLZ001>004-011740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1040 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 PM CST ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA.. AT 1030 AM CST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH SCATTERED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTHWEST ALABAMA SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA FROM JUST NORTH OF PENSACOLA TO BREWTON TO NEAR MONROEVILLE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST FLORIDA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH CRESTVIEW BETWEEN 1100 AM AND NOON. ANOTHER HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WA/S IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI 15 MILES NORTH OF GULFPORT. THE RAIN AREA WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 11:07 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-MSZ013-014-011900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1105 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATER FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO OCEAN SPRINGS UNTIL NOON... ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 17 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS... AT 1100 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH IMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN A 50 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR LEAKSVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANNA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF GALE FORCE OVER THE LOUISIANNA COASTAL WATERS AND GUST TO 40 TO 45 MPH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA COAST. HEAVY RAIN.z..DANGEROUS LIGHTINING ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. RESIDENCE SHOUD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SPOTTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 11:32 AM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
FLZ001>004-011835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1135 AM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 PM CST ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA.. AT 1130 AM CST...TWO CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE 50 TO 75 MILES WEST OF NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THE CLOSEST CLUSTER WAS IN THE GULF 60 MILES SOUTH OF MOBILE WHILE THE OTHER CLUSTER WAS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SPREADING FROM BILOXI NORTH FOR 50 MILES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED IN CENTRAL AND NORTH ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES OF FLORIDA. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WHICH SHOULD BRING THEM INTO THE PENSACOLA AREA SHORTLY AFTER 12 PM.
Special weather statement, Mar 1, 12:34 PM CST, 47 minutes before
FLZ001>004-011935- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 1235 PM CST FRI MAR 1 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 300 PM CST ESCAMBIA...SANTA ROSA...OKALOOSA.. AT 1230 PM CST...CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO NORTHWEST FLORIDA FROM SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PENSACOLA AND IN A SHORT LINE NEAR MOBILE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD KEEP INFORMED THIS AFTERNOON AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY BRING HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL OR A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
Local storm report, Mar 1, 1:02 PM CST, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
100 PM CST FRIDAY MAR 1 1991
TIME PLACE EVENT
1245 PM GROVE HILL ALABAMA...POSSIBLE TORNADO TREES AND
L POWER LINES DOWN.
1245 PM THOMASVILLE...TORNADO SITED DOING TREE TOP DAMAGE.The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 12:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 66 min |
| Mar 1, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 20 min |
| Mar 1, 1:12 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Lowndes | 63 min |
| Mar 1, 1:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Chambers, Lee | 35 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.