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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

November 24, 2004Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 24, 2004, 8:16 AM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 29 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, 8:16 AM CST (14:16 UTC)
Expired
Nov 24, 2004, 8:45 AM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, AL

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Nov 24, 5:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 228 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1093 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2004-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1093 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 241416
TORMOB
ALC039-241445-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 845 AM CST

* AT 814 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER BECK...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  GANTT BY 825 AM CST
  CLEARVIEW AND EODA BY 830 AM CST
  ROSE HILL BY 835 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 3147 8629 3145 8626 3145 8619 3139 8624
      3121 8654 3135 8667 3153 8642 3153 8641
      3145 8639 3154 8628

$$

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, 5:28 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, 8:38 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.