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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 29, 2005, 9:13 AM CST for Baldwin County, Clarke County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 67 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2005, 9:13 AM CST (15:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2005, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 days
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Washington County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 180 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 291513 TORMOB ALC003-291545- /X.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.050129T1513Z-050129T1545Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 913 AM CST SAT JAN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 945 AM CST * AT 909 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PALMETTO BEACH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GASQUE AND PALMETTO BEACH BY 920 AM CST GULF SHORES BY 930 AM CST OAK AND BON SECOUR BY 935 AM CST MIFLIN AND ROMAR BEACH BY 945 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3025 8803 3010 8792 3031 8751 3050 8765 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WFUS54 KMOB 061822 TORMOB ALC025-129-061900- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0005.050406T1822Z-050406T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 122 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 200 PM CDT * AT 119 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER DEER PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SEABOARD AND TOPTON BY 130 PM CDT HAWTHORN BY 140 PM CDT WAGARVILLE AND SUNFLOWER BY 150 PM CDT PRESTWICK AND CORTELYOU BY 155 PM CDT IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3128 8843 3113 8830 3140 8785 3158 8801 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 8:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 30 min | |
| Jan 29, 9:19 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 86 min | |
| Jan 29, 10:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 83 min | |
| Jan 29, 12:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 hr | |
| Jan 29, 2:15 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 2 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.