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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

November 4, 1992Dale County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1992, 11:20 AM CST for Dale County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1992, 11:20 AM CST (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1992, 12:00 PM CST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Dale County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-11-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 76 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 204 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
76 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
865 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 041722
TORMGM
ALC045-041800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1120 AM CST WED NOV 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...DALE COUNTY
 
THE FORT RUCKER EOC REPORTED A TORNADO MOVING TOWARD CARNES FIELD IN THE
VICINITY OF FORT RUCKER. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 4:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBHenry40 min
Nov 4, 6:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile55 min
Nov 4, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Nov 4, 7:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin57 min
Nov 4, 8:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin63 min
Nov 4, 10:48 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock, Macon, Pike57 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.