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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Mobile, AL

November 5, 1994Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 1994, 10:15 PM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 1994, 10:15 PM CST (04:15 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 1994, 11:15 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 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 00:00Z on 1994-11-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1369 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 00:00Z on 1994-11-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 060413
TORMOB
ALC129-060515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1015 PM CST SAT NOV 5 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM CST MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
JUST WEST OF COPELAND ALABAMA IN WAYNE COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. THIS TORNADO
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE
COMMUNITIES OF YARBO AND CHATOM BY 1045 PM CST.
 
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
Nov 5, 6:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington50 min
Nov 6, 2:07 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile53 min
Nov 6, 3:11 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin34 min
Nov 6, 3:55 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia50 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.