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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

January 1, 2006Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 1, 2006, 5:25 PM CST for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 56 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
Jan 1, 2006, 5:25 PM CST (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2006, 6:21 PM CST
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 1, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 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 2006-01-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 687 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 2006-01-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 177 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS54 KMOB 012326
SVRMOB
FLC113-020030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0009.060101T2325Z-060102T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
525 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 630 PM CST

* AT 520 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHUMUCKLA...OR ABOUT 25
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHUMUCKLA BY 540 PM CST
  JAY BY 625 PM CST

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

LAT...LON 3090 8728 3073 8728 3080 8699 3100 8707

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 012351
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
550 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

FLC113-020030-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060102T0030Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
550 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 546 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL 
AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF 
CHUMUCKLA...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JAY BY 615 PM CST

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

LAT...LON 3090 8728 3073 8728 3080 8699 3100 8707

$$
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 020021
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
618 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

FLC113-020028-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060102T0030Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
618 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE DROPPED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...RESIDENTS OF 
NORTHERN AND EASTERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE 
CONTINUED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH AROUND 700 PM.  ANY OF THESE 
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 
AROUND 40 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL 
REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 

LAT...LON 3090 8728 3073 8728 3080 8699 3100 8707

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 4:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa30 min
Jan 1, 4:54 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBEscambia51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.