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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 2005Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 7:10 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Escambia County, Monroe County, Alabama; Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2005, 7:10 AM CDT (12:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2005, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 7:21 AM CDTTORNADOAtmore, ALEMA REPORTED SMALL TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN AN OPEN FIELD...NO DAMAGE AND THE TORNADO LIFTED QUICKLY.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1066 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1066 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 061210
TORMOB
ALC003-053-099-FLC033-061245-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0022.050706T1210Z-050706T1245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  EXTREME SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  NORTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 707 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER OAK
  GROVE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FREEMANVILLE AND MALTA BY 715 AM CDT
  POARCH AND CARNEY BY 720 AM CDT
  MCCULLOUGH AND HOLMAN PRISON BY 725 AM CDT
  JEDDO AND BOONEVILLE BY 730 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 3086 8757 3091 8736 3142 8749 3122 8779

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 061245
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-053-099-FLC033-061252-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-050706T1245Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-MONROE AL-BALDWIN AL-ESCAMBIA FL-
745 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN ESCAMBIA ALABAMA...EXTREME 
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY ALABAMA...NORTHEAST BALDWIN COUNTY ALABAMA 
AND NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY FLORIDA HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 
745 AM CDT...

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

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

LAT...LON 3086 8757 3091 8736 3142 8749 3122 8779

$$

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, 5:24 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, 7:51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.