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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

August 15, 2006Conecuh County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT for Conecuh County, Alabama. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 15, 2006, 7:45 PM CDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Conecuh County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2006-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 678 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2006-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
678 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 160045
TORMOB
ALC035-160115-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0033.060816T0045Z-060816T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
745 PM CDT TUE AUG 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 741 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO OVER
  I65 AND CR 6...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CASTLEBERRY BY 750 PM CDT

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.

LAT...LON 3139 8699 3140 8703 3141 8720 3128 8727
      3127 8698

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin39 min
Aug 15, 8:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBBaldwin, Mobile44 min
Aug 15, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBCovington, Escambia34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.