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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL

March 13, 1999Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 13, 1999, 8:06 PM CST for Conecuh County, Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 69 min. 2 reports 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: Mar 13, 1999, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 1999, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 13, 8:30 PM CST	Tornado F1	Andalusia, AL	A F1 tornado (winds 74 to 112 mph on the Fujita Scale) skipped along and just south of County Road 70 Northeast of Andalusia. The tornado touched down several times along its 9 mile path. The most significant structural damage occurred off Highway 331 where
Mar 13, 8:57 PM CST	Thunderstorm Wind 58	Babbie, AL	Trees were blown down near the intersection of the railroad tracks and County Road 77.

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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 692 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 821 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 140206 RRA
TORMOB
ALC035-039-140315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
806 PM CST SAT MAR 13 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA

* UNTIL 915 PM CST

* AT 805 PM CST... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO WAS LOCATED
  12 MILES EAST OF CASTLEBERRY OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PAUL... MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* TORNADO WILL PASS NEAR-
  PAUL  BY 810 PM CST
  RED LEVEL BY 825 PM CST
  RIVER FALLS BY 825 PM CST
  HEATH BY 830 PM CST
  GANTT BY 830 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOHR 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
Mar 13, 6:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	60 min
Mar 13, 6:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	3 hr
Mar 13, 7:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	71 min
Mar 13, 7:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	66 min
Mar 13, 7:46 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	74 min
Mar 13, 8:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia	2 hr
Mar 13, 8:42 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	63 min
Mar 13, 8:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia	54 min
Mar 13, 9:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	56 min
Mar 13, 9:11 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	49 min
Mar 13, 9:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh	64 min
Mar 13, 9:42 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Crenshaw	78 min
Mar 13, 11:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	39 min

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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.