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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL

April 12, 2005Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2005, 1:10 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Mobile County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 12, 2005, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2005, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 35 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), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 292 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 10.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 120610
TORMOB
ALC003-097-120645-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0006.050412T0610Z-050412T0645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
110 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 106 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER
  CHICKASAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CROSSROADS AND HURRICANE BY 120 AM CDT
  WHITEHOUSE FORKS BY 125 AM CDT
  DOUGLASVILLE AND BAY MINETTE BY 130 AM 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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3086 8815 3069 8808 3080 8763 3102 8776

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 120624
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
124 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

ALC003-097-120645-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050412T0645Z/
BALDWIN AL-MOBILE AL-
124 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
MOBILE AND CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTIES...

AT 118 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF
HURRICANE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MOBILE...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSSROADS...6 MILES NORTH OF SPANISH FORT...6 MILES SOUTH OF
  HURRICANE AND 6 MILES NORTH OF BRIDGEHEAD BY 120 AM CDT
  STAPLETON AND WHITEHOUSE FORKS BY 125 AM CDT
  STEELWOOD...8 MILES SOUTH OF DOUGLASVILLE AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF BAY
  MINETTE BY 130 AM CDT
  GATESWOOD BY 145 AM CDT

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3086 8815 3064 8807 3068 8754 3097 8767

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 11, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	31 min
Apr 11, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		97 min
Apr 11, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		83 min
Apr 12, 12:19 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		116 min
Apr 12, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile	62 min
Apr 12, 1:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	33 min
Apr 12, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Apr 12, 2:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	63 min
Apr 12, 3:39 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	36 min
Apr 12, 4:14 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		2 hr
Apr 12, 7:35 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		115 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.