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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Mobile, AL

July 5, 1994Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1994, 9:26 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1994, 9:26 AM CDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1994, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
34 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, 2.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1994-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2261 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 1994-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
2261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-36 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 051426
TORMOB
ALC003-051500-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
926 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY
 
AT 920 AM SEVERAL REPORTS OF A WATERSPOUT AND SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER
WEEKS BAY IN SOUTHWEST BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA WERE RECEIVED AT THIS
OFFICE. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
 
ONE OR MORE OF THE WATERSPOUTS MAY MOVE ASHORE BRIEFLY IN WEEKS BAY.
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD WATCH FOR THE WATERSPOUTS AND TAKE
IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
 
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...PIL8LOWS...
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
Jul 5, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBPike55 min
Jul 5, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCoffee57 min
Jul 5, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia58 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.