Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 2006, 6:53 PM CDT for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 37 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
- Oct 16, 2006, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2006, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 526 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 162353
TORMOB
ALC003-170030-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0038.061016T2353Z-061017T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
653 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 648 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER PERDIDO
BEACH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
SEMINOLE AND ELSANOR BY 705 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.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3033 8763 3079 8756 3075 8754 3065 8742
3057 8742 3053 8746 3048 8742 3037 8743
3034 8745 3034 8750 3032 8753
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 162359
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
658 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
ALC003-170030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-061017T0030Z/
BALDWIN AL-
658 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN
COUNTY...
AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELBERTA AND
MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
STEELWOOD AND WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3034 8777 3079 8785 3075 8754 3065 8742
3057 8742 3053 8746 3048 8742 3037 8743
3034 8745 3034 8750 3032 8753
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 170016
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
715 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
ALC003-170030-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-061017T0030Z/
BALDWIN AL-
715 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN
COUNTY...
AT 711 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DOUGLASVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BAY MINETTE...MOVING
NORTH AT 40 MPH. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED ALONG
INTERSTATE 10 NORTH OF ELSANOR MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CARNEY...I65 AND AL 225...I65 AND AL 59 AND I65 AND AL 287.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3034 8777 3097 8793 3099 8776 3065 8742
3057 8742 3053 8746 3048 8742 3037 8743
3034 8745 3034 8750 3032 8753
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 170032
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
733 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
ALC003-170043-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-061017T0030Z/
BALDWIN AL-
733 PM CDT MON OCT 16 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BALDWIN COUNTY EXPIRED AT 730 PM
CDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3034 8777 3097 8793 3099 8776 3065 8742
3057 8742 3053 8746 3048 8742 3037 8743
3034 8745 3034 8750 3032 8753
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 10:40 AM CDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MOB | 29 hr | |
| Oct 16, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 46 min |
| Oct 16, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Oct 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 37 min |
| Oct 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Mobile | 48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.