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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL

February 22, 2002Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 22, 2002, 9:30 AM CST for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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
Feb 22, 2002, 9:30 AM CST (15:30 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2002, 9:45 AM CST
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2002-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
316 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 
WFUS54 KMOB 221530
TORMOB
ALC003-013-023-025-035-039-041-053-097-099-129-131-221545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...THIS IS A DRILL MESSAGE...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
930 AM CST FRI FEB 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO DRILL

* TORNADO WARNING DRILL FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  CRENSHAW COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 945 AM CST

* AT 930 AM CST...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING OVER SOUTHWEST 
  ALABAMA. THIS IS A DRILL. AT THIS TIME PLEASE PRACTICE YOUR 
  TORNADO SAFETY PROCEDURES. IF THIS WERE AN ACTUAL TORNADO 
  WARNING...YOU SHOULD GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL
  OF YOUR BUILDING. WEAK STRUCTURES OR VEHICLES SHOULD BE ABANDONED
  FOR SAFE SHELTER. 

  THIS IS A TORNADO DRILL...REPEAT ONLY A DRILL. NO SEVERE WEATHER   
  IS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Conecuh, Covington, Escambia15 min
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw131 days
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBButler, Clarke, Monroe, Wilcox204 days
Feb 22, 9:30 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCrenshaw215 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.