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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 2006Baldwin County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 8:38 AM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 52 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, 8:38 AM CST (14:38 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 9:30 AM CST
In force: 52 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), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 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 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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: 150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 151441
TORMOB
ALC003-151530-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0054.061115T1438Z-061115T1530Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 930 AM CST

* AT 834 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER I65 AND 
  AL 59...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS TORNADO IS JUST 
  SOUTH OF VAUGHN.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LATHAM BY 845 AM CST
  RABUN BY 850 AM CST
  LOTTIE BY 905 AM CST
  REDTOWN AND BLACKSHER BY 910 AM CST

* ANOTHER STORM PRODUCING A TORNADO IS OVER MOBILE BAY...MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.  THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE ASHORE SOUTH OF 
  POINT CLEAR AND NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF WEEKS BAY BY 855 AM. 
  

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.

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 3104 8792 3090 8778 3094 8763 3121 8763
      3129 8771

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151500
SVSMOB

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

ALC003-151530-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0054.000000T0000Z-061115T1530Z/
BALDWIN AL-
852 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR NORTH CENTRAL
BALDWIN COUNTY...

AT 851 AM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR MILE MARKER
34 ON I-65 IN BALDWIN COUNTY. THIS WAS LOCATED NEAR RABUN...OR ABOUT
14 MILES NORTH OF BAY MINETTE. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LOTTIE AT 855 AM CST...6 MILES EAST OF LATHAM AT 855 AM CST.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS OVER CENTRAL BALDWIN
COUNTY JUST EAST OF POINT CLEAR. THIS STORM IS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH...WITH THE TORNADO AFFECTING AREAS AROUND CLAY CITY BY 
905 AM...AND ROBERTSDALE BY AROUND 915 AM.

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 3104 8792 3090 8778 3094 8763 3121 8763
      3129 8771

$$

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, 5:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Clarke	36 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, 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.