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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL

November 27, 2004Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 27, 2004, 11:28 AM CST for Baldwin 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 27, 2004, 11:28 AM CST (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2004, 12:00 PM CST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2004-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 396 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
421 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.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 271728
TORMOB
ALC003-271800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1128 AM CST SAT NOV 27 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL NOON CST

* AT 1123 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR SILVERHILL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELSANOR BY 1140 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 3064 8786 3045 8779 3052 8744 3075 8756

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 9:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBWashington62 min
Nov 27, 10:28 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Nov 27, 10:28 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB92 min
Nov 27, 11:50 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB55 min
Nov 27, 12:30 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB90 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.