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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 1, 2006, 4:54 PM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2006, 5:45 PM CST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Escambia County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 WFUS54 KMOB 012255 TORMOB FLC033-012345- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0001.060101T2254Z-060101T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 454 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 545 PM CST * AT 450 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCDAVID...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MCDAVID BY 515 PM CST 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. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. LAT...LON 3080 8759 3071 8747 3082 8730 3099 8729 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 012330 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 529 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 FLC033-012345- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060101T2345Z/ ESCAMBIA FL- 529 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM CST FOR NORTHWESTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY... AT 524 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MCDAVID...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3080 8759 3071 8747 3082 8730 3099 8729 $$
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, 5:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 56 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.