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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Mobile, AL

August 29, 2005Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2005, 12:09 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida; Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 29, 2005, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2005, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

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

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:10 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
Aug 29, 10:25 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 298 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 606 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2005-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 291709
TORMOB
ALC003-FLC033-113-291745-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0049.050829T1709Z-050829T1745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1209 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1245 PM CDT

* AT 1204 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER JOHNSONS
  BEACH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 90 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BEULAH AND SEMINOLE BY 1215 PM CDT
  CANTONMENT AND BARRINEAU PARK BY 1220 PM CDT
  MOLINO BY 1225 PM CDT
  MCDAVID AND OAK GROVE BY 1230 PM CDT

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3029 8752 3027 8732 3096 8718 3096 8750

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 9:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa12 min
Aug 29, 7:03 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa27 min
Aug 29, 8:34 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa56 min
Aug 29, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia62 min
Aug 29, 11:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa60 min
Aug 29, 11:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa6 hr
Aug 29, 2:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa6 hr
Aug 28, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile24 min
Aug 29, 4:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile4 hr
Aug 29, 4:38 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile27 min
Aug 29, 5:46 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile29 min
Aug 29, 6:20 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile25 min
Aug 29, 7:30 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBBaldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Monroe30 min
Aug 29, 8:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBMobile, Washington6 hr
Aug 29, 8:26 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia34 min
Aug 29, 8:41 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBMobile64 min
Aug 29, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin65 min
Aug 29, 12:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia39 min
Aug 29, 1:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Monroe63 min
Aug 29, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBMonroe, Wilcox63 min
Aug 29, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBConecuh, Escambia41 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.