Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 2, 1999, 11:35 AM CST for Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 40 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 2, 1999, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 1999, 12:15 PM CST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 12:00 PM CST | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Andalusia, AL | High winds damaged the roof of a shed at the intersection of HWY 84 and Hwy29. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 573 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 678 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KMOB 021736 RRA TORMOB ALC039-053-021815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1135 AM CST SAT JAN 2 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA * UNTIL 1215 PM CST * AT 1133 AM CST... AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR A TORNADO WAS LOCATED 28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FLORALA OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF BRADLEY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO WILL BE MAINLY OVER RURAL AREAS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 9:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 60 min |
| Jan 2, 9:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 10:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 65 min |
| Jan 2, 10:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 53 min |
| Jan 2, 10:54 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 36 min |
| Jan 2, 11:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe | 63 min |
| Jan 2, 12:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Covington | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 1:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Crenshaw | 42 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.