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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

September 19, 1998Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 19, 1998, 1:49 PM CDT 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
Sep 19, 1998, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Sep 19, 1998, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Baldwin County, AL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 19, 2:00 PM CDTTornado F0Gulf Shrs, ALA waterspout moved ashore near Gulf Shores and rapidly dissipated. No damage was found.

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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 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 12:00Z on 1998-09-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 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 12:00Z on 1998-09-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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 KMOB 191848
TORMOB
ALC003-191945-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
149 PM CDT SAT SEP 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 148 PM CDT... A WATERSPOUT HAS MOVED ONSHORE AND WAS LOCATED 9
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF FOLEY...NEAR MILE MARKER 28 ON HIGHWAY 180...OR
  4 MILES SOUTH OF MIFLIN...AS INDICATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT...MOVING
  NORTHWEST 20 MPH.

* WATERSPOUT WILL PASS NEAR-
  MIFLIN BY 205 PM CDT
  FOLEY BY 215 PM CDT

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT. CARS ARE
EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADIC WINDS. IF YOU 4ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH
OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STURDY
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SAFETY IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

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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.