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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 21, 2006, 11:05 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2006, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 220405 TORMOB FLC091-113-220445- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0020.060422T0405Z-060422T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1105 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OKALOOSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MUNSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... MUNSON BY 1115 PM CDT CANNON TOWN BY 1145 PM CDT 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. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3085 8704 3069 8695 3080 8662 3100 8674 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS54 KMOB 220436 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1136 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 FLC113-220446- /O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060422T0445Z/ SANTA ROSA FL- 1136 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3099 8678 3075 8678 3080 8662 3100 8674 $$ FLC091-220445- /O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060422T0445Z/ OKALOOSA FL- 1136 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY... AT 1132 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CANNON TOWN...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF CRESTVIEW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3099 8678 3075 8678 3080 8662 3100 8674 $$
000 WWUS54 KMOB 220449 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1150 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 FLC091-220500- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-060422T0445Z/ OKALOOSA FL- 1150 PM CDT FRI APR 21 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OKALOOSA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1145 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. LAT...LON 3099 8678 3075 8678 3080 8662 3100 8674 $$
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, 10:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 29 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.