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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL

January 26, 2004Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 26, 2004, 6:11 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jan 26, 2004, 6:11 AM CST (12:11 UTC)
Expired: Jan 26, 2004, 7:00 AM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 26, 4:15 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -50 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.

495 
WFUS54 KMOB 261211
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-261300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
611 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 609 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PALMETTO   
  BEACH...AND MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ROMAR BEACH BY 635 AM CST
  LILLIAN BY 700 AM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST MONDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3027 8798 3012 8787 3037 8735 3058 8750

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 26, 4:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	27 min
Jan 26, 5:12 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		78 min
Jan 26, 5:12 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		78 min
Jan 26, 5:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia	44 min
Jan 26, 5:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	39 min
Jan 26, 5:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington	48 min
Jan 26, 6:45 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Jan 26, 6:45 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 min
Jan 26, 9:15 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		45 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 min
Jan 26, 11:52 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		53 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.