Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2005

Tornado Warning 18, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 2005Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 5:24 AM CDT for Mobile County, Washington 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
Jul 6, 2005, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
36 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), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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°0°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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 061024
TORMOB
ALC097-129-061100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0018.050706T1024Z-050706T1100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  NORTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 520 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER FAIRFORD...
  AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MCINTOSH BY 540 AM CDT
  TOPTON BY 550 AM CDT
  SEABOARD AND HAWTHORN BY 555 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.

LAT...LON 3104 8815 3109 8795 3139 8802 3131 8827

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 061050
SVSMOB

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

ALC097-061059-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050706T1100Z/
MOBILE AL-
549 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MOBILE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO 
HAD MOVED NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHEAST MOBILE COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 3118 8797 3118 8800 3116 8802 3116 8819
      3122 8820 3126 8823 3132 8825 3134 8817
      3139 8802

$$

ALC129-061100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050706T1100Z/
WASHINGTON AL-
549 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY...

AT 547 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCINTOSH...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHATOM...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HAWTHORN...TOPTON...TOINETTE AND SUNFLOWER BY 600 AM CDT

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

LAT...LON 3118 8797 3118 8800 3116 8802 3116 8819
      3122 8820 3126 8823 3132 8825 3134 8817
      3139 8802

$$

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, 4:51 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile, Washington25 min
Jul 6, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile, Washington93 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

Tornado Warnings in Alabama, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.