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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Mobile, AL

June 23, 2006Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 15 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: Jun 23, 2006, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2006, 2:15 PM CDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 116 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: 1735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 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 231901
TORMOB
ALC003-231915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0032.060623T1900Z-060623T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
200 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 159 PM CDT...GULF SHORES LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO
  NEAR GULF SHORES...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE GULF SHORES 
  VICINITY THROUGH 215 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.

LAT...LON 3032 8755 3038 8775 3013 8788 3005 8764

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 231915
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
213 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

ALC003-231923-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-060623T1915Z/
BALDWIN AL-
213 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY WILL BE 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT...

AT 213 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT 
THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED AS THE TORNADIC STORM MOVED OFFSHORE.  
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER PATTERN...STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER 
UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 3032 8755 3038 8775 3013 8788 3005 8764

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 12:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	44 min
Jun 23, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	38 min
Jun 23, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	43 min
Jun 23, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	43 min
Jun 23, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	48 min
Jun 23, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	57 min
Jun 23, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Washington	16 min
Jun 23, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	48 min
Jun 23, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke, Washington	34 min
Jun 23, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Clarke	32 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.