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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Mobile, AL

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

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2005, 3:27 PM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
33 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), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1152 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
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 262027
TORMOB
FLC033-113-262100-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0059.050926T2027Z-050926T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
327 PM 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 400 PM CDT

* AT 323 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEARR
  PACE...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MULAT BY 345 PM CDT
  AVALON BEACH BY 355 PM CDT
  FERRY PASS AND PENSACOLA REGIONAL AIRPORT BY 400 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3071 8710 3063 8729 3034 8717 3043 8693

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 262040
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
340 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

FLC033-262050-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050926T2100Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
340 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

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

LAT...LON 3067 8714 3061 8721 3050 8710 3055 8704

$$

FLC113-262100-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050926T2100Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
340 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL SANTA
ROSA COUNTY...

AT 336 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MULAT...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF
PENSACOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AVALON BEACH BY 355 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3067 8714 3061 8721 3050 8710 3055 8704

$$

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, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa26 min
Sep 26, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa29 min
Sep 26, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa29 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.