Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jan 24, 1997, 7:08 PM CST for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 67 min. 2 reports 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
- Jan 24, 1997, 7:08 PM CST (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 24, 1997, 8:15 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Santa Rosa County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 7:25 PM CST | Hail 0.75 | Pea Ridge, FL | |
| Jan 24, 7:30 PM CST | Hail 1.75 | Bagdad, FL |
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 2070 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 250111 RRA TORMOB FLC113-250215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 708 PM CST FRI JAN 24 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY AT 707 PM...NWS DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM MOVING ALONG HWY 90...THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING NEAR THE PACE COMMUNITY AND BE APPROACHING MILTON BY 745 PM. IF YOU LIVE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SANTA ROSA COUNTY YOU SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND ON HWY 90 ON CHEMSTRAND ROAD IN THE ENSLEY COMMUNITY. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 6:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 64 min |
| Jan 24, 6:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa, Santa Rosa | 60 min |
| Jan 24, 7:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 69 min |
| Jan 24, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 69 min |
| Jan 24, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Escambia | 68 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.