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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

November 25, 1996Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 25, 1996, 2:17 AM CST for Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 25, 1996, 2:17 AM CST (08:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 1996, 3:15 AM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 00:00Z on 1996-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 409 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 1996-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 252 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
409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 250819 RRA
TORMOB
ALC129-250915-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
217 AM CST MON NOV 25 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 216 AM CST...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A DEVELOPING TORNADO
12 MILES EAST OF FRUITDALE. THIS STORM WILL BE TRACKING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
 
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
Nov 25, 2:51 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke54 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes in 1996

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.