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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Mobile, AL

April 23, 1995Macon County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1995, 6:01 PM CDT for Macon County, Alabama. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 1995, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Macon County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 9:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Apr 23, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBButler60 min
Apr 23, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBLowndes32 min
Apr 23, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMontgomery67 min
Apr 23, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBullock, Macon55 min
Apr 23, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChambers, Lee, Tallapoosa67 min
Apr 23, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChambers, Lee, Tallapoosa59 min
Apr 23, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBChambers58 min
Apr 23, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin50 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.