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Tornado Warning 73, NWS Mobile, AL

November 24, 2001Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2001, 8:30 PM CST for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2001, 8:30 PM CST (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2001, 9:00 PM CST
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2001-11-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1498 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2001-11-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 341 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
1498 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
429 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
12.7

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The text

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

635 
WFUS54 KMOB 250230
TORMOB
ALC041-250300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
830 PM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 827 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOZIER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BRANTLEY BY 845 PM CST
  BULLOCK BY 850 PM CST
  GLENWOOD BY 900 PM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...ABANDON VEHICLES AND TRAILER
HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 6:21 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler39 min
Nov 24, 6:41 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw34 min
Nov 24, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler49 min
Nov 24, 6:56 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia49 min
Nov 24, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw46 min
Nov 24, 7:15 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningMOBButler, Crenshaw, Monroe3 hr
Nov 24, 7:19 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Covington41 min
Nov 24, 7:32 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile43 min
Nov 24, 7:49 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler26 min
Nov 24, 7:58 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw32 min
Nov 24, 8:00 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington45 min
Nov 24, 8:31 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.