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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Mobile, AL

April 23, 1995Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 1995, 12:08 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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
Apr 23, 1995, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 1995, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 23, 12:17 PM CDTTornado 0Niceville, FLAn off duty police officer reported a tornado briefly touched down just east of Niceville. No damage was found where the tornado touched down. The length and width of the tornado were estimated.

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, 5.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 447 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, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 1995-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 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
447 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 231706
TORMOB
FLC091-231800-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1208 PM CDT SUN APR 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...OKALOOSA COUNTY
 
 
AT 1205 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
OVER OKALOOSA COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH VALPARAISO.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLBOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBEscambia60 min
Apr 23, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBSanta Rosa55 min
Apr 23, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMOBOkaloosa60 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.