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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

January 24, 1997Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 24, 1997, 6:34 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 1997, 6:34 AM CST (12:34 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 1997, 7:30 AM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:36 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 24, 6:40 AM CSTThunderstorm Wind 50Blacksher, AL

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 24, 4:00 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1997-01-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 543 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 1997-01-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 330 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 241234 RRA
SVRMOB
ALC003-241330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
634 AM CST FRI JAN 24 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 AM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
 
   ...BALDWIN COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 634 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
INTO NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF TENSAW
BY 640 AM. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS
WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 5:32 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw58 min
Jan 24, 5:36 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington69 min
Jan 24, 5:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile55 min
Jan 24, 6:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBClarke58 min
Jan 24, 6:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMonroe59 min
Jan 24, 6:51 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWilcox54 min
Jan 24, 7:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBConecuh55 min
Jan 24, 7:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington55 min
Jan 24, 8:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile55 min
Jan 24, 8:11 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCrenshaw64 min
Jan 24, 8:22 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin68 min
Jan 24, 9:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia65 min
Jan 24, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile64 min
Jan 24, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile56 min
Jan 24, 5:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.