Alert archive / Alabama / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 13, 2006, 11:13 AM CST for Covington County, Alabama. It was in force for 23 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
- Jan 13, 2006, 11:13 AM CST (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2006, 11:36 AM CST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Covington County, AL
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:11 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS54 KMOB 131713
TORMOB
ALC039-131800-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0006.060113T1713Z-060113T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1113 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
* UNTIL NOON CST
* AT 1108 AM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTH OF
WATKINS BRIDGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
STEDMAN BY 1120 AM CST
GREEN BAY BY 1125 AM CST
ONYCHA BY 1130 AM CST
ESTOTHEL BY 1135 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.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3107 8650 3101 8650 3100 8621 3109 8601
3134 8622
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS54 KMOB 131722
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1122 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
ALC039-131800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060113T1800Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1122 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN
COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 1119 AM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO WHILE IN OKALOOSA
COUNTY FLORIDA. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR STEDMAN...OR ABOUT 19
MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GREEN BAY AND ONYCHA BY 1130 AM CST
ESTOTHEL AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OPP BY 1135 AM CST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3108 8643 3100 8641 3100 8621 3109 8601
3134 8622
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 131730
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1129 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
ALC039-131800-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060113T1800Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1129 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL NOON CST FOR EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST COVINGTON COUNTY...
AT 1124 AM CST...THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ESTOTHEL...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ANDALUSIA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3116 8630 3108 8629 3105 8620 3109 8601
3134 8622
$$000
WWUS54 KMOB 131736
SVSMOB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1136 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
ALC039-131746-
/O.CAN.KMOB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060113T1800Z/
COVINGTON AL-
1136 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON
COUNTY IS NOW CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
LAT...LON 3116 8630 3108 8629 3105 8620 3109 8601
3134 8622
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Washington | 48 min |
| Jan 13, 8:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wilcox | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 8:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 34 min |
| Jan 13, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 9:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Covington | 29 min |
| Jan 13, 9:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 27 min |
| Jan 13, 9:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Conecuh | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 10:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 16 min |
| Jan 13, 10:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 43 min |
| Jan 13, 10:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Jan 13, 10:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Covington | 31 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.