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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
| 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, 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 25 min |
| Jul 10, 4:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Monroe, Wilcox | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Monroe | 47 min |
| Jul 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 64 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.