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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

May 10, 1995Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 10, 1995, 12:37 AM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 1995, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Escambia County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.6
Supercell composite: 12.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 100547 COR
TORMOB
ALC053-100630-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR HIGHWAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1237 AM CDT WED MAY 10 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY

AT 1233 AM THE ESCAMBIA SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF ATMORE. THE STORM CONTAINING THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 65 TOWARD WALLACE.

THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED CARS BLOWN OFF HIGHWAY 21 AND STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE TO HOMES.

TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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 FLOO%R.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.



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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 9:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	54 min
May 10, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	46 min
May 10, 12:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	31 min
May 10, 1:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	56 min
May 10, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	55 min
May 10, 1:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Dallas	34 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	30 min
May 10, 1:45 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	60 min
May 10, 2:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
May 10, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Geneva	39 min
May 10, 3:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	62 min
May 10, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Barbour	44 min
May 10, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	3 hr
May 10, 4:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	49 min

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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.