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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL

October 4, 1995Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 242 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1526 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 1995-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
518 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
14.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 050146
TORMOB
ALC041-050245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
845 PM CDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH ALABAMA
 
   ...CRENSHAW COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED TORNADO
PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING NORTHWARD OVER CRENSHAW COUNTY IN
SOUTH ALABAMA.  THESE TORNADOES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EYEWALL
THUNDERSTORMS OF OPAL AND MAY BE MULTIPLE BUT SHORT-LIVED.  RESIDENTS
OF BRANTLEY...GLENWOOD...LUVERNE...ANSLEY AND SHADY GROVE SHOULD
BE ALERT THROUGH 945 PM.
 
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
Oct 4, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBButler, Covington, Crenshaw65 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.