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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Mobile, AL

May 31, 2005Covington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2005, 7:39 PM CDT for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
May 31, 2005, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2005, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Covington County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2005-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2005-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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 010039
TORMOB
ALC039-010115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0014.050601T0039Z-050601T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
739 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 734 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  CLEARVIEW...AND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CLEARVIEW BY 745 PM CDT

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 3133 8642 3136 8634 3150 8642 3152 8650

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington29 min

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.