Tornado Warning 55, NWS Mobile, AL

Issued

Nov 15, 2006, 10:18 AM CST (16:18 UTC)

Expired

Nov 15, 2006, 10:45 AM CST

In force

27 min

Issued by

NWS Mobile, AL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baldwin County, AL

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WFUS54 KMOB 151619
TORMOB
ALC003-151645-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0055.061115T1618Z-061115T1645Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1018 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1045 AM CST

* AT 1016 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER MIFLIN...
  OR JUST SOUTH OF FOLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ELBERTA BY 1025 AMCST AND SEMINOLE BY 1030 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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3039 8774 3027 8760 3043 8742 3064 8750

$$

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 151637
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1034 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

ALC003-151645-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0055.000000T0000Z-061115T1645Z/
BALDWIN AL-
1034 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1045 AM CST FOR SOUTHERN BALDWIN
COUNTY...

AT 1029 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMINOLE...OR
ABOUT 17 MILES WEST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

ANOTHER DEVELOPING TORNADO WAS LOCATED OUT OVER THE GULF JUST SOUTH 
OF FORT MORGAN. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE ONSHORE JUST WEST OF FORT 
MORGAN BY AROUND 1040 AM CST...AFFECTING THE FORT MORGAN PENINSULA 
THROUGH 1055 AM CST BEFORE MOVING OUT OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTION OF
MOBILE BAY. THIS STORM IS ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. 

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 NOON CST WEDNESDAY FOR
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3032 8805 3012 8806 3026 8768 3043 8744
      3064 8750

$$

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