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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

August 19, 1993Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 1993, 3:07 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1993, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1993, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
68 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, 8.1 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 1993-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2276 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 1993-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
2276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 192008
TORMOB
ALC003-192115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
307 PM CDT THU AUG 19 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
 
 
BALDWIN COUNTY 911 SERVICE REPORTED TWO TRAILERS DAMAGED BY A TORNADO
NEAR FOLEY ALABAMA AT 305 PM. RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FOLEY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile59 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.