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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL

September 26, 2005Santa Rosa County, Florida

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 623 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2005-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:06 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa24 min
Sep 26, 9:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Sep 26, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa33 min
Sep 26, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa29 min
Sep 26, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa29 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.