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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Mobile, AL

February 2, 2006Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2006, 3:19 PM CST for Conecuh County, Monroe County, Alabama. It was in force for 26 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, 3:19 PM CST (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Feb 2, 2006, 3:45 PM CST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Conecuh County, AL, Monroe County, AL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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: 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 022120
TORMOB
ALC035-099-022145-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0008.060202T2119Z-060202T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
  NORTHERN CONECUH COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 317 PM CST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR PINE            
  ORCHARD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ALABAMA 47 AND COUNTY RD 29 BY 340 PM CST
  MIXONVILLE AND DEANS BY 345 PM 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 3167 8722 3160 8718 3164 8692 3185 8693

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KMOB 022143
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
342 PM CST THU FEB 2 2006

ALC035-099-022152-
/O.EXP.KMOB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060202T2145Z/
CONECUH AL-MONROE AL-
342 PM CST THU FEB 2 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MONROE AND NORTH CENTRAL 
CONECUH COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED SIGNIFICANTLY AS IT HAS 
MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN CONECUH COUNTY.  

LAT...LON 3167 8722 3160 8718 3164 8692 3185 8693

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 2, 5:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Mobile	28 min
Feb 2, 5:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Baldwin	43 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.