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Tornado Warning 59, NWS Mobile, AL

November 15, 2006Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Nov 15, 2006, 12:06 PM CST for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Nov 15, 2006, 12:06 PM CST (18:06 UTC)
Expired: Nov 15, 2006, 12:30 PM CST
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 15, 12:20 PM CST	TSTM WND DMG	Milton, FL	POWER LINES DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 151807
TORMOB
FLC033-113-151830-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0059.061115T1806Z-061115T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1206 PM CST WED NOV 15 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PENSACOLA
  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NAVARRE

* UNTIL 1230 PM CST

* AT 1203 PM CST...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 6 MILES 
SOUTH OF JOHNSONS BEACH...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
PENSACOLA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR...
  PENSACOLA NAVAL BASE BY 1215 PM CST
  GULF BREEZE...WARRINGTON...BROWNSVILLE AND WEST PENSACOLA BY 1220
  PM CST
  EAST PENSACOLA HEIGHTS...PENSACOLA...GOULDING AND PENSACOLA   
REGIONAL A/P BY 1225 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.

LAT...LON 3033 8747 3034 8742 3040 8742 3044 8734
      3048 8740 3052 8740 3079 8731 3094 8694
      3043 8681 3037 8691 3032 8722 3033 8731
      3029 8747

$$

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		10 hr
Nov 15, 6:49 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		116 min
Nov 15, 7:55 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		65 min
Nov 15, 9:30 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	MOB		90 min
Nov 15, 12:25 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	25 min
Nov 15, 1:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	54 min
Nov 15, 1:28 PM CST	Tornado Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	62 min
Nov 15, 2:03 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	MOB	Okaloosa	117 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.