Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2005, 3:39 AM CDT for Baldwin 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
- Apr 12, 2005, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2005, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baldwin County, AL
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 120839 TORMOB ALC003-120915- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0007.050412T0839Z-050412T0915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 339 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 415 AM CDT * AT 334 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER GASQUE... AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... GULF SHORES AND OAK BY 345 AM CDT ROMAR BEACH BY 400 AM CDT ALABAMA POINT AND ORANGE BEACH BY 405 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. 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 3029 8783 3018 8783 3023 8755 3035 8759 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 120909 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 408 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ALC003-120918- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050412T0915Z/ BALDWIN AL- 408 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. LAT...LON 3029 8783 3018 8783 3023 8755 3035 8759 $$
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, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 35 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, 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.