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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

April 12, 2002Crenshaw County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2002, 3:26 PM CDT for Crenshaw County, Alabama. It was in force for 166 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2002, 3:26 PM CDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
166 days
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crenshaw County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 59 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 247 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2002-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
247 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
509 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 122026
TORMOB
ALC041-122115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
325 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 319 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PETREY...MOVING          
  NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PETREY...PATSBURG BY 330 PM CDT
  LIVE OAK BY 335 PM CDT
  BRADLEYTON BY 340 PM CDT
  SAVILLE BY 345 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.

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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.