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Tornado Warning 57, NWS Mobile, AL

September 26, 2005Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2005, 9:06 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 26, 2005, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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: 1152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 261406
TORMOB
FLC033-113-261430-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0057.050926T1406Z-050926T1430Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 930 AM CDT

* AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER NORTH
  CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTY...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  RURAL NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AT 920 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 3100 8734 3094 8740 3082 8725 3089 8718

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 261422
SVSMOB

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

FLC033-261432-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050926T1430Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
922 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3090 8719 3089 8719 3083 8725 3087 8729
      3089 8729 3090 8728 3093 8728 3094 8726
      3094 8723

$$

FLC113-261430-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-050926T1430Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
922 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 918 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BREWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

LAT...LON 3090 8719 3089 8719 3083 8725 3087 8729
      3089 8729 3090 8728 3093 8728 3094 8726
      3094 8723

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 26, 9:59 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	3 hr
Sep 26, 1:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	26 min
Sep 26, 3:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	33 min
Sep 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	29 min
Sep 26, 4:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	29 min

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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.