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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Mobile, AL

October 3, 1995Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 1995, 2:22 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 1995, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 1995, 3:18 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Covington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 1995-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 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 1995-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
566 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTLH 031921
TORMOB
ALC039-032030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
ISSUED BY TALLAHASSEE FL
222 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA
 
   ...COVINGTON COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY FLORIDA NEAR LAUREL
HILL WILL MOVE NORTH AT 25 MPH INTO COVINGTON COUNTY BY 230 PM CDT. THIS
THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO. RESIDENTS OF
COVINGTON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITIES OF ANDALUSIA AND
OPP...NEED TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORjNADO. IF YOU ARE
CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE YOUR CAR AND GO TO A
STRONG BUILDING.

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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.