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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Mobile, AL

June 14, 1993Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1993, 4:13 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1993, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1993, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 1993-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1496 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 1993-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
1496 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 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 KMGM 142115
TORMGM
ALC047-142200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
413 PM CDT MON JUN 14 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF
CENTRAL MILLS IN WESTERN DALLAS COUNTY. THE TORNADO APPEARS TO BE MOVING
SOUTH AT 10 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 CARS 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
Jun 14, 1:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington68 min
Jun 14, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox56 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.