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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

March 24, 1994Macon County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 24, 1994, 10:36 PM CST for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 24, 1994, 10:36 PM CST (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Mar 24, 1994, 11:30 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Macon County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1994-03-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1346 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 1994-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 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
1346 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.5
Supercell composite
11.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 250438
TORMGM
ALC087-250530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
1036 PM CST THU MAR 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...MACON COUNTY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT DANNELLY FIELD AND NEXRAD IN MACON COUNTY SHOWED A
TORNADO IN EAST MACON COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
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
Mar 24, 6:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers55 min
Mar 25, 1:43 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile47 min
Mar 25, 2:29 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin61 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.