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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

April 15, 1994Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1994, 8:01 PM CDT for Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1994, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Centreville/Bibb, AL (KCKL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 1994-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1994-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -353 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
654 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-353 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-237 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 160100
TORMOB
ALC099-160145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
801 PM CDT FRI APR 15 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 757 PM CDT MONROEVILLE PD AND MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED
A TORNADO AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIWAY 30 AND 35. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia56 min
Apr 15, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw, Montgomery61 min
Apr 15, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCoffee, Dale69 min
Apr 15, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBGeneva, Houston66 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.