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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Mobile, AL

July 10, 2005Escambia County, Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 10, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -93 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa64 min
Jul 10, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa61 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.