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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Mobile, AL

August 28, 2005Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2005, 7:16 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 28, 2005, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2005, 7:40 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Mobile County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 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
Aug 28, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 290017
TORMOB
ALC003-097-290045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0034.050829T0016Z-050829T0040Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
716 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 740 PM CDT

* AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF
  FORT MORGAN...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  DELCHAMPS BY 725 PM CDT
  CODEN AND BAYOU LA BATRE BY 730 PM CDT
  GRAND BAY BY 735 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3014 8799 3030 8789 3064 8859 3044 8871

$$

JC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 290030
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
728 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

ALC003-290038-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050829T0040Z/
BALDWIN AL-
728 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BALDWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3022 8808 3033 8802 3049 8840 3037 8840

$$

ALC097-290040-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050829T0040Z/
MOBILE AL-
728 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 740 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
MOBILE COUNTY...

AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST END OF
DAUPHIN ISLAND...OR ABOUT NEAR DAUPHIN ISLAND...MOVING WEST AT 40 
MPH. THIS TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WILL MAINLY AFFECT AREAS OF 
EXTREME SOUTH MOBILE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT 10 MINUTES.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CODEN AND BAYOU LA BATRE BY 740 PM CDT

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3022 8808 3033 8802 3049 8840 3037 8840

$$

JC/13

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 4:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile4 hr
Aug 29, 4:38 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile27 min
Aug 29, 5:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile29 min
Aug 29, 6:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile25 min
Aug 29, 7:30 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe30 min
Aug 29, 8:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile, Washington6 hr
Aug 29, 8:26 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia34 min
Aug 29, 8:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile64 min
Aug 29, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin62 min
Aug 29, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia60 min
Aug 29, 11:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe6 hr
Aug 29, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin65 min
Aug 29, 12:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin36 min
Aug 29, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Aug 29, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe63 min
Aug 29, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox63 min
Aug 29, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia41 min
Aug 29, 2:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia and 4 more6 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.