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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

November 1, 1992Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 1, 1992, 9:54 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 1, 1992, 9:54 PM CST (03:54 UTC)
Expired
Nov 1, 1992, 10:30 PM CST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 254 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, Centreville/Bibb, AL at 00:00Z on 1992-11-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 020356
TORMOB
ALC003-020430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
954 PM CST SUN NOV 1 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
 
INCLUDING BAYS...INLETS...AND INLAND WATERWAYS
 
 
AT 945 PM CST THE DAPHNE AND FAIRHOPE POLICE DEPARTMENTS RELAYED A
REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST WEST OF THE BARNWELL ALABAMA FIRE
DEPARTMENT BUILDING IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA.
THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES OF...CLAY
CITY MARLOW SUMMERDALE ROBERTSDALE AND SILVERHILL DURING THE NEXT 30
MINUTES. MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM BAY MINETTE ALABAMA TO BON SECOUR BAY ALABAMA.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF6 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.

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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.