Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1997, 4:56 AM CDT for Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 5, 1997, 4:56 AM CDT (09:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1997, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Escambia County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Pensacola Beach, FL | Several trees were blown down on Pensacola Beach. |
| Jul 5, 5:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Gulf Breeze, FL | Several trees were blown down in Gulf Breeze. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 3675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1283 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMOB 051040 TORMOB FLC033-091-051045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 456 AM CDT SAT JUL 5 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANTA ROSA COUNTY AT 455 AM CDT...MOBILE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER THE BARRIER ISLANDS OF ESCAMIBA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA. THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE LITTLE AND MOSTLY LIKELY AFFECT THE AREAS NEAR GULF BREEZE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY NEAR THIS AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. GET TO A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 50 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes in 1997
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.