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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL

November 24, 2004Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 4:29 AM CST for Choctaw County, Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 31 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
Nov 24, 2004, 4:29 AM CST (10:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 5:00 AM CST
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 12:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1370 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, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1370 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 241029
TORMOB
ALC023-025-241100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
427 AM CST WED NOV 24 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  CHOCTAW COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 500 AM CST

* AT 425 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE
  SOUTHWEST CHOCTAW...NORTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY LINE...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  THIS STORM MAY LATER MOVE INTO NORTHWEST
  CLARKE COUNTY...WHERE A TORNADO WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
  UNTIL 445 AM.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
  FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 500 AM.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BOLINGER AND SOUWILPA BY 435 AM CST
  BARRYTOWN BY 440 AM CST
  WOMACK HILL AND WEST BEND BY 445 AM CST
  WOODS BLUFF AND ARARAT BY 455 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 600 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3170 8847 3169 8831 3187 8798 3206 8811

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 3:29 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington31 min
Nov 24, 4:01 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBWashington14 min
Nov 24, 4:13 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke32 min
Nov 24, 4:19 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington41 min
Nov 24, 4:44 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox31 min
Nov 24, 5:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox44 min
Nov 24, 5:28 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington, Wilcox32 min
Nov 24, 5:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile33 min
Nov 24, 6:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile30 min
Nov 24, 6:07 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile23 min
Nov 24, 6:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMonroe44 min
Nov 24, 6:33 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBMobile27 min
Nov 24, 6:49 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin41 min
Nov 24, 6:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Nov 24, 6:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Nov 24, 7:06 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBMobile24 min
Nov 24, 7:35 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin55 min
Nov 24, 7:47 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile58 min
Nov 24, 8:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBCovington29 min
Nov 24, 8:38 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.