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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2005, 1:04 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2005, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 623 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 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 261806 TORMOB FLC113-261830- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0058.050926T1804Z-050926T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 104 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 100 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAROLD...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AT 120 PM CDT...IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF HOLLEY. 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 3067 8689 3066 8698 3047 8696 3048 8688 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 261824 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 124 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 FLC113-261830- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0058.000000T0000Z-050926T1830Z/ SANTA ROSA FL- 124 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY... AT 117 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF NAVARRE...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3063 8692 3062 8697 3053 8697 3053 8691 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 9:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 24 min |
| Sep 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 3 hr |
| 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 |
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.