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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

May 3, 1993Montgomery County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1993, 5:48 PM CDT for Montgomery County, Alabama. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 1993, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 1993, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Montgomery County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 1993-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 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 12:00Z on 1993-05-03The 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 032249
TORMGM
ALC101-032330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
548 PM CDT MON MAY 3 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY
 
AT 545 PM A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST TO THE EAST OF PIKE ROAD
AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CA2RS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 3, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBDallas43 min
May 3, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMacon61 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.