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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Mobile, AL

January 13, 2006Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 9:49 AM CST for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2006, 9:49 AM CST (15:49 UTC)
Expired: Jan 13, 2006, 10:15 AM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Conecuh County, AL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 13, 10:01 AM CST	TORNADO 1	Belleville, AL	* 1 FATAL * STORM SURVEY FOUND BELLEVILLE TORNADO TO BE AN F1 WITH A DAMAGE PATH OF 1/2 MILE WIDE AND 1 MILE LONG. ONE CONFIRMED DEATH RESULTING FROM COLLAPSED CHIMNEY.
Jan 13, 10:01 AM CST	TORNADO	Belleville, AL	ONE UNCONFIRMED FATALITY ALONG WITH 15 TO 20 HOUSES DAMAGED AND ROOF DAMAGE TO FIRE DEPARTMENT

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 13, 7:11 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 525 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 131550
TORMOB
ALC035-131615-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0002.060113T1549Z-060113T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
949 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1015 AM CST

* AT 946 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER RANGE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BELLEVILLE AND I65 AND CR 6 BY 955 AM CST
  LOREE BY 1000 AM CST
  EVERGREEN AND I65 AND US 84 BY 1005 AM CST
  BROWNVILLE AND OWASSA BY 1010 AM 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 
GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3145 8723 3128 8728 3128 8672 3152 8671
      3153 8683 3158 8689

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 131604
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1004 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

ALC035-131615-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060113T1615Z/
CONECUH AL-
1004 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM CST FOR CENTRAL CONECUH
COUNTY...

AT 959 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BELLEVILLE...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF EVERGREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  CHINA...LYEFFION...I65 AND CR 29 AND OWASSA BY 1010 AM CST
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILCOX BY 1015 AM CST

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
GOLFBALL-SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3148 8718 3128 8717 3135 8685 3152 8671
      3153 8683 3164 8698

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 7:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	48 min
Jan 13, 8:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Wilcox	26 min
Jan 13, 8:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	34 min
Jan 13, 9:14 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	31 min
Jan 13, 9:16 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Covington	29 min
Jan 13, 9:48 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
Jan 13, 10:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Crenshaw	16 min
Jan 13, 10:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	43 min
Jan 13, 10:19 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw	41 min
Jan 13, 10:59 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Covington	31 min
Jan 13, 11:13 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.