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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 040025 TORMOB ALC003-040100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 725 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY AT 720 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH BALDWIN COUNTY. THE FOLEY POLICE HAD RECEIVED REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED BETWEEN FOLEY AND FAIRHOPE WITH A MOVEMENT UNKNOWN. TREES DOWN FROM WIND DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED. 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
MSZ014-013-040000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 453 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON... AT 45O PM MOBILE RADAR INDICATED AN AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER SOUTH PEARL RIVER COUNTY AND NORTH HANCOCK COUNTY OF OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WITH THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED A FEW MILE NORTHEAST OF PICAYUNE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPID CHANGES IN THE WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECCESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER WEATHER UPDATES.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
ALZ013-015-016-040130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTH BALDWIN AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... AT 625 PM MOBILE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS OVER NORTH BALDWIN COUNTY AND WEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY WITH THE STRONGEST STORM LOCATED IN NORTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY A FEW MILES EAST OF TENSAW AND ANOTHER STRONG STORM JUST EAST OF MCCULLOUGH IN WEST ESCAMBIA COUNTY. THESE STORMS HAD VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT AND CAN BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RDAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ANY FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
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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.