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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Mobile, AL

October 4, 1995Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 4, 1995, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 4, 11:45 AM CDTTornado F0Molino, FLA tornado briefly touched down near Molino blowing some trees and power lines down.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 230 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-10-04Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1995-10-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 
TTAA00 KMOB 041602
TORMOB
FLC033-041700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1100 AM CDT WED OCT 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 1059 PM...NATIONAL WETHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO PRODUCING
THUNDESTORM MOVING NORTHWEST ACROSS SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY OF NW FL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN PENSACOLA BAY AND WAS MOVING NORTHW
TAT 25 MPH.  THROUGH NOON...THIS STORM WILL MOVE TOWARDS MOLINO PARK IN
EASTERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 4, 9:52 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa53 min
Oct 4, 10:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa65 min
Oct 4, 11:37 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa68 min
Oct 4, 5:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa42 min
Oct 4, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBOkaloosa, Santa Rosa67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.