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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Mobile, AL

October 27, 1995Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 27, 1995, 1:55 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 27, 1995, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Oct 27, 1995, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 1995-10-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-10-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 271855
TORMOB
FLC091-272000-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
155 PM CDT FRI OCT 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 152 PM...A REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND WAS RELAYED TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE FROM DUKE FIELD AT EGLIN AFB. THIS
STORM WILL MOVE BETWEEN NICEVILLE AND MOSSY HEAD DURING THE NEXT HOUR
AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY THEREAFTER.
 
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 27, 1:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa56 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.