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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL

September 25, 2002Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 25, 2002, 7:30 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, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2002, 9:30 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 223 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 00:00Z on 2002-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 747 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2002-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
747 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

861 
WFUS54 KMOB 260030
TORMOB
ALC003-260130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF ALABAMA POINT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GULF SHORES BY 740 PM CDT
  BON SECOUR...OAK BY 750 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 3005 8753 3019 8740 3049 8777 3031 8793

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 9:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile4 hr
Sep 26, 6:25 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile7 days

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.