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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 2006Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 11:58 AM CST for Conecuh County, Covington County, Escambia County, Alabama. It was in force for 32 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, 11:58 AM CST (17:58 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Covington County, AL, Escambia County, AL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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, 9:54 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 221 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: 696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 151758
TORMOB
ALC035-039-053-151830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0058.061115T1758Z-061115T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1158 AM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANDALUSIA
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1154 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ROBERTS...
  OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF BREWTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  US 29 AND CR 43 BY 1205 PM CST
  BROOKLYN BY 1210 PM CST
  PAUL BY 1215 PM CST
  LOANGO AND COHASSETT BY 1220 PM CST
  RED LEVEL AND RIVER FALLS BY 1225 PM CST
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEATH BY 1230 PM CST

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. SEEK
SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND
ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


LAT...LON 3108 8709 3100 8671 3130 8635 3150 8676

$$

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, 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

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.