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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

June 19, 1998Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 19, 1998, 5:40 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 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: Jun 19, 1998, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 1998, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Crenshaw County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 19, 5:55 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Highland Home, AL	Trees were blown down between Highland Home and Glenwood.

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 nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2155 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -15 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.

025 
WFUS1 KMOB 192238 RRA
TORMOB
ALC041-192330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
540 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 538 PM CDT... A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LUVERNE
  OR 1 MILE WEST OF GLENWOOD... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST 20 MPH.

* TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR-
  GLENWOOD BY 541 PM CDT
  CARMEN BY 542 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR
CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	67 min
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	65 min
Jun 19, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	79 min
Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	68 min
Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	73 min
Jun 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Monroe	51 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.