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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

May 9, 1995Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 1995, 10:10 AM CDT for Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 1995, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Mobile County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1490 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
5.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 091513
TORMOB
ALC097-091615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1010 AM CDT TUE MAY 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...MOBILE COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 1009 AM...MOBILE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTAINING A POSSIBLE TORNADO WEST OF MOBILE ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI...
ALABAMA BORDER. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN
MISSISSIPPI. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER
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
May 9, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile55 min
May 9, 12:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia68 min
May 9, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington64 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.