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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2006, 8:40 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida; Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report 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
- May 9, 2006, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Escambia County, AL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:40 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 1 N Brewton, AL | JUST AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A SEVERE STORM...PUBLIC IN THE BREWTON AREA REPORTED HAIL MEASURED AT 2.00 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 274 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 100141 TORMOB ALC053-FLC113-100230- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0027.060510T0140Z-060510T0230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 840 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 840 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER BREWTON... AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... ROCK HILL BY 845 PM CDT DIXONVILLE BY 900 PM CDT MCLELLAN AND 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERRYDALE BY 915 PM CDT MUNSON BY 930 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. 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 3123 8704 3113 8721 3074 8694 3090 8678 $$
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 100157
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
856 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
ALC053-FLC113-100230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060510T0230Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-SANTA ROSA FL-
856 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SANTA ROSA AND CENTRAL ESCAMBIA COUNTIES...
AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCK HILL...OR
ABOUT NEAR BREWTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO
PRODUCING LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROBERTS BY 905 PM CDT
MCLELLAN BY 910 PM CDT
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MUNSON BY 930 PM CDT
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3118 8694 3109 8708 3074 8694 3085 8678
3099 8678
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 100216
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
914 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
FLC113-100224-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060510T0230Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
914 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SANTA ROSA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS NOW EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE
NORTH OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3115 8677 3113 8678 3100 8679 3100 8696
3112 8695 3115 8691 3116 8683 3119 8677
$$
ALC053-100230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-060510T0230Z/
ESCAMBIA AL-
914 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
ESCAMBIA COUNTY...
AT 906 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE POSSIBLE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROBERTS...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF BREWTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PARKER SPRINGS BY 920 PM CDT
PUBLIC REPORTS FROM THE BREWTON AREA INDICATE THAT 2.00 INCH DIAMETER
HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS OCCURRED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA.
LAT...LON 3115 8677 3113 8678 3100 8679 3100 8696
3112 8695 3115 8691 3116 8683 3119 8677
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 39 min |
| May 9, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 34 min |
| May 9, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 17 min |
| May 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Escambia | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke | 47 min |
| May 9, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 40 min |
| May 9, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Monroe | 28 min |
| May 10, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 50 min |
| May 10, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 2 hr |
| May 10, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 19 min |
| May 10, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 42 min |
| May 10, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 60 min |
| May 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 21 min |
| May 10, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 66 min |
| May 10, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Wilcox | 3 hr |
| May 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke | 26 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 38 min |
| May 10, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Wilcox | 31 min |
| May 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Wilcox | 44 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Monroe | 47 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.