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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Mobile, AL

April 21, 2006Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2006, 10:16 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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: Apr 21, 2006, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 21, 2006, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 220316
TORMOB
FLC091-220345-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0019.060422T0316Z-060422T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1016 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF
  CANNON TOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BAKER BY 1025 PM CDT
  CANNON TOWN BY 1030 PM CDT
  BLACKMAN BY 1040 PM CDT
  PEADEN AND ESCAMBIA FARMS BY 1045 PM CDT

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY 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 3094 8678 3076 8678 3082 8639 3099 8639
      3099 8661

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 220344
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1045 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006

FLC033-113-220355-
/O.EXP.KMOB.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-060422T0345Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-SANTA ROSA FL-
1045 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SANTA ROSA AND
CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 1045 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 3079 8754 3070 8745 3075 8708 3096 8717

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 21, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Escambia, Santa Rosa	39 min
Apr 21, 11:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa, Santa Rosa	40 min
Apr 22, 12:01 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	14 min
Apr 22, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MOB		60 min
Apr 22, 2:19 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	MOB		15 hr

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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.