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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Mobile, AL

September 26, 2005Baldwin County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2005, 5:17 AM CDT for Baldwin County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 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: Sep 26, 2005, 5:17 AM CDT (10:17 UTC)
Expired: Sep 26, 2005, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baldwin County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 214 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 261019
TORMOB
ALC003-099-261045-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0054.050926T1017Z-050926T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
517 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 545 AM CDT

* AT 512 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  TENSAW...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  TENSAW BY 545 AM 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.

LAT...LON 3127 8779 3117 8796 3104 8770 3131 8754

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 261024
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
524 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

ALC003-099-261045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-050926T1045Z/
MONROE AL-BALDWIN AL-
524 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BALDWIN AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 521 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
TENSAW...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. 

MONROE COUNTY EMA REPORTED A TORNADO BEING OBSERVED IN THE AREA AS 
WELL NEAR THE MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TENSAW BY 545 AM CDT

LAT...LON 3127 8779 3117 8796 3104 8770 3131 8754

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 261040
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
537 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

ALC003-099-261045-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-050926T1045Z/
MONROE AL-BALDWIN AL-
537 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
BALDWIN AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 534 AM CDT...THE TORNADO BEARING STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
TENSAW...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING SOUTHEAST 
AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  TENSAW BY 545 AM CDT

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3127 8779 3117 8796 3104 8770 3131 8754

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 26, 5:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia	31 min
Sep 26, 6:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	28 min
Sep 26, 11:02 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		88 min
Sep 26, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		30 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.