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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 2005Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 4:51 AM CDT for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama. It was in force for 25 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
Jul 6, 2005, 4:51 AM CDT (09:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 5:16 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 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
Jul 6, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
893 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 060951
TORMOB
ALC097-129-061015-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0017.050706T0951Z-050706T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
451 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  NORTHERN MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 449 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER CELESTE...
  AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PINEOLA BY 500 AM CDT
  CITRONELLE AND SIDNEY BY 505 AM CDT
  DEER PARK BY 515 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3084 8822 3089 8802 3130 8816 3119 8845

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 061016
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
515 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

ALC097-129-061025-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050706T1015Z/
WASHINGTON AL-MOBILE AL-
515 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MOBILE AND SOUTHWESTERN 
WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 AM CDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO 
HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST 
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3084 8822 3089 8802 3130 8816 3119 8845

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile113 min
Jul 6, 3:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Jul 6, 3:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile31 min
Jul 6, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Jul 6, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington93 min
Jul 6, 5:24 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile, Washington36 min
Jul 6, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile2 hr
Jul 6, 5:31 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin31 min
Jul 6, 5:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 6:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBClarke, Washington32 min
Jul 6, 6:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 6:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBClarke, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 6:52 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia25 min
Jul 6, 7:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Escambia, Monroe35 min
Jul 6, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington17 hr
Jul 6, 7:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington2 hr
Jul 6, 10:44 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington37 min
Jul 6, 10:52 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBCovington29 min
Jul 6, 11:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBWashington115 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.