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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Mobile, AL

February 2, 2006Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2006, 6:43 AM CST for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 17 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
Feb 2, 2006, 6:43 AM CST (12:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2006, 7:00 AM CST
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Escambia County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 2, 2:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 2006-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 291 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
291 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 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 021244
TORMOB
FLC033-021300-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0007.060202T1243Z-060202T1300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
643 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 700 AM CST

* AT 640 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF PERDIDO KEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  PERDIDO KEY AND JOHNSONS BEACH BY 650 AM CST
  MYRTLE GROVE AND BELLVIEW BY 700 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 1000 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3024 8758 3021 8754 3044 8721 3048 8734

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 021304
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
703 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006

FLC033-021313-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060202T1300Z/
ESCAMBIA FL-
703 AM CST THU FEB 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 700 AM CST...

THE RADAR DETECTED TORNADO OVER THE GULF WATERS HAD WEAKENED AND 
POSSIBLY LIFTED BEFORE REACHING SHORE. SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER 
THE GULF SHOW SIMILAR SIGNS OF ROTATION...AND WILL BE MONITORED FOR 
PERSISTENT ROTATION PRIOR TO REACHING SHORE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.

LAT...LON 3024 8758 3021 8754 3044 8721 3048 8734

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 2, 4:30 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB2 hr
Feb 2, 6:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB118 min
Feb 2, 9:20 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningMOB85 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.