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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL

June 11, 2005Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 2:08 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 11, 2005, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 2:34 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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
Jun 11, 4:10 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 246 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 200 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 111908
TORMOB
FLC113-112000-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0015.050611T1908Z-050611T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
208 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTH OF
  NAVARRE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NAVARRE BY 220 PM CDT
  HOLLEY BY 230 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 400 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3032 8690 3033 8678 3059 8680 3059 8696

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 111934
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
231 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

FLC113-111941-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050611T2000Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
231 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED 
ASHORE...AND IS NO LONGER SHOWING SIGNS OF ROTATION.  THE NAVARRE 
BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A 60 MPH WIND GUST WITH THE PASSAGE 
OF THIS STORM.   

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3032 8690 3033 8678 3059 8680 3059 8696

$$

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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.