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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Mobile, AL

August 29, 1997Okaloosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 1997, 4:58 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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: Aug 29, 1997, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 1997, 5:35 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Mobile, AL
Area: Whole counties

County Okaloosa County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Eglin Afb, FL	Several trees and a couple of telephone poles were blown down on Eglin AFB. One of the poles fell on a trailer and damaged it.

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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1111 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

446 
WFUS1 KMOB 292200 RRA
TORMOB
FLC091-292235-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
458 PM CDT FRI AUG 29 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE AL HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA

   ...SOUTHERN OKALOOSA
 
AT 458 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY WEATHER RADAR AND
SPOTTER REPORTS 7 MILES NORTH OF VALPARAISO AND IS MOVING VERY
LITTLE.

THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

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 SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
AVOID WINDOWS.
 

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	58 min
Aug 29, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Santa Rosa	66 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.