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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Mobile, AL

April 21, 1994Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 1994, 7:54 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 1994, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 779 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 00:00Z on 1994-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-17 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 220054
TORMOB
ALC053-220200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
754 PM CDT THU APR 21 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 750 PM CDT MOBILE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF
BREWTON ALABAMA. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM HAS PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE FROM 430 PM TO 700 PM.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS BREWTON ALABAMA FOR THE NEXT 30 MINUTES
TO AN HOUR AND MAY PRODUCE A TORNADO.
 
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 dCUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.