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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

July 20, 1993Henry County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 1993, 4:00 PM CDT for Henry County, Alabama. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 1993, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 1993, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Henry County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1993-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 910 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 1993-07-20The 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
910 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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 202105 COR
TORMGM
ALC067-202145-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING---CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
400 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......

IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA

   ...HOUSTON COUNTY

DOTHAN STATE TROOPERS REPORTED A TORNADO 11/2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THEIR
OFFICE IN HOUSTON COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile62 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.