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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 1:30 PM CDT for Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 60 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 10, 2005, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Escambia County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:31 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 258 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 101842 TORMOB FLC033-091-113-101930- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0025.050710T1830Z-050710T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 130 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE OUTER EYEWALL OF HURRICANE DENNIS WILL MOVE ONSHORE BETWEEN 2 AND 230 PM. THE EYEWALL CONTAINS THE MOST DAMAGING WINDS AND THE HIGHEST DESTRUCTIVE POTENTIAL...AND WILL PRODUCE TORNADO LIKE DAMAGE. * THE OUTER EYEWALL IS EXPECTED TO BE PASS OVER SANTA ROSA ISLAND BETWEEN GULF BREEZE AND FORT WALTON BEACH BETWEEN 2 AND 230 PM. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3020 8710 3026 8672 3096 8670 3091 8754 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 101911 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 203 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 FLC033-091-113-101930- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-050710T1930Z/ OKALOOSA FL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL- 203 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR SANTA ROSA... ESCAMBIA AND WESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTIES... AT 158 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THE EYEWALL FROM HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ARE CONTAINED IN THE EYEWALL. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FERRY PASS...AVALON BEACH...ENSLEY...MULAT...BELFOREST... BAGDAD... GONZALEZ...PACE...MILTON...HAROLD...COTTAGE HILL...HOLT...GALLIVER AND MILTON NEAR WHITING FIELD... PERSONS STILL IN THESE AREAS SHOULD HAVE MOVED TO A SAFE PLACE IN THEIR HOME...AN INTERIOR ROOM OR BASEMENT OR ALREADY BE IN A SHELTER. DO NOT FEATURE OUT WHEN THE EYE PASSES AS DESTRUCTIVE WINDS WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY FROM THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3020 8710 3026 8672 3096 8670 3091 8754 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 61 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.