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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Mobile, AL

October 25, 1997Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 1997, 2:08 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 67 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
Oct 25, 1997, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Oct 25, 1997, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 25, 2:15 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Wallace, FLHigh winds, estimated at around 80 mph , damaged five mobile homes just off of State Road 197 near Pine Meadows Loop Road. The microburst destroyed one of the homes and caused minor damage to the other four. A couple of vehicles were also damaged by flyi

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 12:00Z, 7.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1997-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2541 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 1997-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
486 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
12.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMOB 251910 RRA
TORMOB
FLC113-252015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
208 PM CDT SAT OCT 25 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...SANTA ROSA COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 205 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PACE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
 
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.  ABANDON0 CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
 
 
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.