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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

November 24, 2004Clarke County, Washington County, Wilcox County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 5:28 AM CST for Clarke County, Washington County, Wilcox County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 5:28 AM CST (11:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 6:00 AM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:29 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
Nov 24, 5:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 748 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
748 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 241128 RRA
TORMOB
ALC025-131-241200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  WILCOX COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 513 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER OPINE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  ANOTHER TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 
  CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL WILCOX COUNTY AT 45 MPH AND WAS
  RECENTLY LOCATED NEAR PINE HILL.  THE CLARKE COUNTY TORNADIC
  THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO TRAVERSE PINE HILL AGAIN LATER IN
  THE HOUR.  THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR BOTH
  CLARKE AND WILCOX COUNTIES.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  THOMASVILLE BY 525 AM CST
  SHAWNEE BY 530 AM CST
  SUNNY SOUTH BY 535 AM CST
  PINE HILL BY 540 AM CST

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE DANGEROUS STORMS...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 3194 8802 3179 8792 3206 8726 3227 8740

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WFUS54 KMOB 241128
TORMOB
ALC025-129-241200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 AM CST

* AT 524 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER ST
  STEPHENS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WINN BY 540 AM CST
  GROVE HILL AND WHATELY BY 550 AM CST
  SCYRENE AND DICKINSON BY 555 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.

LAT...LON 3151 8822 3136 8811 3166 8754 3185 8768

$$

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, 4:29 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke31 min
Nov 24, 4:44 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox31 min
Nov 24, 5:16 AM CSTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Wilcox44 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.