Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 31, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 4, 1995, 11:37 AM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 68 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, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 1995, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Crestview, FL | A tornado touched down near Interstate 10 east of Crestview. The tornado then moved northwest across Okaloosa Lane and then across U.S. Highway 90 before dissipating near Highway 85. The tornado destroyed two homes and a church and severely damaged the late |
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTLH 041638 TORMOB FLC091-041745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL ISSUED BY TALLAHASSEE FL 1137 AM CDT WED OCT 4 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...OKALOOSA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA GULF COAST AT 1132 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF...ABOUT 5 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF DESTIN. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES AS THEY MOVE ACROSS OKALOOSA COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE VALPARAISO AREA AROUND 1145 AM AND NEAR CRESTVIEW AT NOON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS UNDER STURDY FURNITURE IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. A MOBILE HOME IS NOT A SAFE REFUGE FROM A TORNADO. MOVE TO A MORE SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Oct 4, 10:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 65 min |
| Oct 4, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 60 min |
| Oct 4, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 42 min |
| Oct 4, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 67 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.