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Tornado Warning 64, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Dec 31, 2006, 3:51 AM CST for Baldwin County, Clarke County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 24 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
- Dec 31, 2006, 3:51 AM CST (09:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2006, 4:15 AM CST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Baldwin County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Monroe County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KMOB 310951 TORMOB ALC003-025-099-311015- /O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0064.061231T0951Z-061231T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 351 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA * UNTIL 415 AM CST * AT 348 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF CHRYSLER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... CHRYSLER BY 400 AM CST MT PLEASANT BY 405 AM CST ELISKA BY 410 AM CST HOMEWOOD AND GAINESTOWN BY 415 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. LAT...LON 3129 8788 3123 8780 3134 8746 3149 8768 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS54 KMOB 311016 SVSMOB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 414 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ALC003-025-099-311024- /O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-061231T1015Z/ MONROE AL-CLARKE AL-BALDWIN AL- 414 AM CST SUN DEC 31 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN BALDWIN COUNTY...SOUTH CLARKE AND SOUTH MONROE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 415 AM CST... AT 413 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE ROTATION IN THE STORM OVER SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED AND WAS MOST LIKELY NOT PRODUCING A TORNADO. STILL...THE STORM IS STRONG AND MAY BE PRODUCING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAINS TOTALING NEAR 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LAT...LON 3129 8788 3123 8780 3134 8746 3149 8768 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 60 min |
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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.