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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

July 6, 2005Covington County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2005, 10:52 AM CDT for Covington County, Alabama; Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2005, 11:21 AM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Covington County, AL, Okaloosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:54 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 nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 061553
TORMOB
ALC039-FLC091-061615-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0024.050706T1552Z-050706T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1052 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  NORTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1115 AM CDT

* AT 1050 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER LAUREL
  HILL...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LOCKHART BY 1100 AM CDT
  WATKINS BRIDGE BY 1105 AM CDT
  RED OAK BY 1110 AM CDT
  LIBERTYVILLE BY 1115 AM CDT

THIS TORNADO WARNING IS IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING 
CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR COVINGTON COUNTY.

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.

LAT...LON 3088 8656 3086 8635 3135 8626 3137 8652

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 061606
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1102 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

FLC091-061612-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050706T1615Z/
OKALOOSA FL-
1102 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO 
HAS MOVED OUT OF OKALOOSA COUNTY AND INTO SOUTHERN COVINGTON 
COUNTY...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR OKALOOSA COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3135 8626 3100 8632 3100 8654 3103 8654
      3104 8652 3125 8652 3126 8651 3137 8650

$$

ALC039-061615-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050706T1615Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1102 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR COVINGTON 
COUNTY...

AT 1100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WATKINS BRIDGE...
OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTH OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RED OAK BY 1110 AM CDT
  LIBERTYVILLE...7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAROLINA...7 MILES WEST OF
  GREEN BAY AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF SANFORD BY 1115 AM CDT

LAT...LON 3135 8626 3100 8632 3100 8654 3103 8654
      3104 8652 3125 8652 3126 8651 3137 8650

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 061621
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1118 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

ALC039-061631-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-050706T1615Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1118 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL COVINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE AT 1115 AM CDT...

LAT...LON 3103 8660 3101 8639 3147 8631 3150 8658

$$

ALC039-061628-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050706T1615Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1118 AM CDT WED JUL 6 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN COVINGTON COUNTY HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1115 AM CDT...

LAT...LON 3135 8626 3100 8632 3100 8654 3103 8654
      3104 8652 3125 8652 3126 8651 3137 8650

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 2:37 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	113 min
Jul 6, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	2 hr
Jul 6, 3:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	31 min
Jul 6, 4:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	2 hr
Jul 6, 4:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	25 min
Jul 6, 4:57 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile, Washington	93 min
Jul 6, 5:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile, Washington	36 min
Jul 6, 5:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:31 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	31 min
Jul 6, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington	2 hr
Jul 6, 6:16 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	32 min
Jul 6, 6:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Mobile, Washington	2 hr
Jul 6, 6:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	2 hr
Jul 6, 6:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	25 min
Jul 6, 7:10 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe	35 min
Jul 6, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington	17 hr
Jul 6, 7:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Monroe, Washington	2 hr
Jul 6, 8:38 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Mobile, Monroe, Washington	2 hr
Jul 6, 10:44 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	37 min
Jul 6, 11:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Washington	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.