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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

August 13, 1992Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 542 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
542 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 132318
TORMOB
ALC003-140015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
615 PM CDT THU AUG 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
 
AT 615 PM ORANGE BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OVER THE
GULF SOUTH OF ORANGE BEACH MOVING TO THE NORTH. IF THE WATERSPOUT
CONTINUES ITS NORTHWARD MOVEMENT IT COULD BECOME A TORNADO AS IT MOVE
INLAND AROUND ORANGE BEACH.
 
MARINE INTEREST IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

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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.