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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL

July 10, 2005Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2005, 3:29 PM CDT for Escambia County, Alabama; Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Escambia County, AL, Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 235 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 102033
TORMOB
ALC053-FLC033-113-102130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0027.050710T2029Z-050710T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
329 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THE EYE WALL OF HURRICANE DENNIS CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST 
THROUGH THESE COUNTIES. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ARE CONTAINED IN 
THE EYE WALL ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
CENTURY...BRATT...FLOMATON...ATMORE...HOLMAN PRISON AND I65 AND 
ALABAMA 113.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THE 
WINDS IN THE EYE WALL ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MAJOR DAMAGE TO 
STRUCTURES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE EYE WALL...TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3054 8732 3085 8740 3089 8700 3125 8732
      3124 8760 3110 8764

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 102109
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
404 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

ALC053-FLC033-113-102130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-050710T2130Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
404 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN 
SANTA ROSA AND NORTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTIES IN FLORIDA AND ESCAMBIA 
COUNTY ALABAMA...

AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW THE EYEWALL FROM HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 
NEAR 20 MPH. THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND A HIGH RISK OF TORNADOES 
ARE CONTAINED IN THE EYEWALL. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
ATMORE...BRATT...CANOE...NOKOMIS...FREEMANVILLE...LITTLE 
ROCK...CARNEY...SARDINE...POARCH AND HOLMAN PRISON. 

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THE 
EYE WALL IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN 
THE PATH OF THE EYE WALL...REMAIN IN SHELTER SHELTER SHOULD BE IN A 
REINFORCED BUILDING. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND 
NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 3079 8746 3092 8706 3125 8732 3123 8757
      3109 8761

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia25 min
Jul 10, 4:38 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia2 hr
Jul 10, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia45 min
Jul 10, 5:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBChoctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox4 hr
Jul 10, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Monroe47 min
Jul 10, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe43 min
Jul 10, 6:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia2 hr
Jul 10, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Jul 10, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa60 min
Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa64 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.