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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Mobile, AL

July 8, 1997Escambia County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1997, 11:14 AM CDT for Escambia County, Florida. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1997, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1997, 11:35 AM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Escambia County, FL

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1997-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1308 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 1997-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 081609 RRA
TORMOB
FLC033-081645-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1114 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1135 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SOUTHERN ESCAMBIA COUNTY
 
AT 1105 AM CDT A SPOTTER REPORTED A WATERSPOUT JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN
PENSACOLA. THE WATERSPOUT WAS MOVING TOWARD SHORE. IT SHOULD DISSIPATE
RAPIDLY AFTER MOVING ONSHORE BUT MAY CAUSE SOME DAMAGE NEAR THE
SHORELINE AND JUST INLAND.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.