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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

September 25, 2002Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2002, 6:53 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 14 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2002, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2002, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-09-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-09-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

869 
WFUS54 KMOB 252353
TORMOB
ALC003-260030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
651 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 646 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO OFFSHORE 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORANGE BEACH...MOVING      
  NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  JUST EAST OF ORANGE BEACH BY 657 PM
  MIFLIN BY 705 PM CDT
  ELBERTA...FOLEY BY 710 PM CDT
  SUMMERDALE BY 720 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3024 8745 3027 8744 3058 8765 3044 8780

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 12:37 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Sep 25, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB3 hr
Sep 25, 3:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile9 hr
Sep 25, 5:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin7 hr
Sep 25, 5:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin7 hr
Sep 25, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMOB66 min
Sep 25, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOB33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.