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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

April 15, 1994Dallas County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 5:57 PM CDT for Dallas County, Alabama. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Dallas County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1524 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
573 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMGM 152258
TORMGM
ALC047-160000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MONTGOMERY AL
557 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MONTGOMERY HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...DALLAS COUNTY
 
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT MONTGOMERY SHOWED A TORNADO OVER WEST DALLAS
COUNTY AT 6 PM CDT. THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARION
JUNCTION AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoosa, Tallapoosa57 min
Apr 15, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBTallapoosa64 min
Apr 15, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBChambers61 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.