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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 5:14 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 30 min |
| Jan 1, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 51 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.