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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 2006Clarke County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 5:54 AM CST for Clarke County, Alabama. It was in force for 36 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: Nov 15, 2006, 5:54 AM CST (11:54 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 6:30 AM CST
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clarke County, AL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 15, 4:00 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 151155
TORMOB
ALC025-151230-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0052.061115T1154Z-061115T1230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
554 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 630 AM CST

* AT 552 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF
  WINN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CHILTON BY 615 AM CST
  TALLAHATTA SPRINGS AND OPINE BY 620 AM CST
  RURAL AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BASHI BY 625 AM CST
  THOMASVILLE AND ROUNDHILL BY 630 AM CST

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3192 8768 3188 8766 3188 8763 3183 8762
      3181 8752 3156 8800 3160 8802 3160 8807
      3176 8808 3177 8814 3200 8791 3200 8779

$$

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151224
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
619 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALC025-151230-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-061115T1230Z/
CLARKE AL-
619 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 630 AM CST FOR CLARKE COUNTY...

AT 617 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
THE FIRST CIRCULATION MOVED INTO NORTHWEST CLARKE COUNTY AND 
WEAKENED.  HOWEVER...ANOTHER POTENTIAL TORNADO PRODUCING CIRCULATION
FORMED AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM 
NEAR JACKSON TO WALKER SPRINGS TO NEAR SUGGSVILLE. THE STORM WAS 
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

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 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3192 8768 3188 8766 3188 8763 3183 8762
      3181 8752 3152 8761 3144 8791 3160 8802
      3160 8807 3176 8808 3177 8814 3200 8791
      3200 8779

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151235
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
635 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALC025-151245-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0052.000000T0000Z-061115T1230Z/
CLARKE AL-
635 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARKE COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 
630 AM CST...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3192 8768 3188 8766 3188 8763 3183 8762
      3181 8752 3152 8761 3144 8791 3160 8802
      3160 8807 3176 8808 3177 8814 3200 8791
      3200 8779

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 14, 8:58 PM CST	Coastal Flood Warning	MOB		24 hr
Nov 15, 2:42 AM CST	Wind Advisory	MOB	Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 4 more	10 hr
Nov 15, 4:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Choctaw	50 min
Nov 15, 5:21 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Washington	54 min
Nov 15, 5:31 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	59 min
Nov 15, 6:44 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe	61 min
Nov 15, 7:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Mobile	63 min
Nov 15, 7:46 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Monroe	29 min
Nov 15, 8:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	52 min
Nov 15, 9:57 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Mobile	3 hr
Nov 15, 10:18 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	27 min
Nov 15, 10:48 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe	3 hr
Nov 15, 10:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Baldwin	26 min
Nov 15, 11:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Covington, Crenshaw	37 min
Nov 15, 11:58 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Conecuh, Covington, Escambia	32 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.