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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

October 4, 1995Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 9:52 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 1995, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1995, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Covington County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 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 1995-10-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 1995-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 KTLH 041453
TORMOB
ALC039-FLC091-113-041545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
ISSUED BY TALLAHASSEE FL
952 AM CDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...COVINGTON COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA GULF COAST
 
SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE BETWEEN GULF BREEZE AND
FORT WALTON BEACH...AND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AT 35 TO 40 MPH OVER SANTA
ROSA AND OKALOOSA COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
WILL MOVE OVER COVINGTON COUNTY ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER
STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE
PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A
SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 12:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia60 min
Oct 4, 1:41 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington64 min
Oct 4, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington, Escambia67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.